Hollmer is a former Carrier Management editor and writer and veteran industry journalist based in Charlottesville, Virginia.
February 12, 2018
From Hollywood to the corporate world, sexual harassment — the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks — is drawing greater public scrutiny than ever before. Victims (mostly women) and their supporters have taken on the cause, publicizing the …
February 12, 2018
Aspen Insurance Holdings lost nearly $185 million in the 2017 fourth quarter, or $3.25 per diluted share. The struggling Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer also saw its consolidated combined ratio hit 152.6. While California wildfire catastrophe costs contributed greatly to Aspen’s …
February 5, 2018
From Hollywood to the corporate world, sexual harassment — the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks — is drawing greater public scrutiny than ever before. Victims (mostly women) and their supporters have taken on the cause, publicizing the …
February 1, 2018
Slice Labs, the developer of on-demand, pay-per-use insurance for homeshare companies and others, has started offering use of the platform it created to outside insurers and startups seeking to launch new products. Slice co-founder and CEO Tim Attia told Carrier …
January 24, 2018
Insurtech Hippo has nailed down $25 million in new Series B funding, a cash infusion the provider of super-quick homeowners insurance will use to fuel a hiring and geographical expansion. Comcast Ventures and Fifth Wall led the round, along with …
January 10, 2018
A bid is afoot to take AmTrust Financial Services private. Stone Point Capital Partners, along with AmTrust Chairman and CEO Barry Zyskind and Director George Karfunkel (and his wife, Leah Karfunkel), have proposed to acquire all outstanding shares of AmTrust …
December 27, 2017
The Institutes’ work with insurers in the blockchain space has led to a debut product – a tool designed to establish proof of auto insurance. Nationwide is the first carrier to bring it to production and is already in testing …
December 20, 2017
Trov, an on-demand insurance startup, plans to provide trip insurance for passengers using Waymo’s soon-to-be launched self-driving, ride-hailing service. Waymo, formerly Google’s self-driving car project, plans to launch the commercial ride-hailing service for members of the public starting in Phoenix …
December 6, 2017
Coalition is making its formal debut into the cyber insurance space, but with a twist. The San Francisco-based startup is also a cybersecurity firm. Founded in March 2017, Coalition is co-founded by technology entrepreneurs John Hering and Joshua Motta, and …
November 28, 2017
Guy Carpenter Chairman Britt Newhouse is retiring at the end of 2017, a company spokesperson has confirmed. Newhouse has been chairman of the reinsurance broker/strategic advisory firm as part of leadership changes at the unit in 2008. Newhouse joined Guy …