Articles by Mark Hollmer

Hollmer is a former Carrier Management editor and writer and veteran industry journalist based in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Slew of Republican Judicial Appointments Could Bode Well for D&O Insurers

Directors and officers (D&O) insurance has faced major losses in recent years, due in part, to what some call a significant increase in shareholder securities class action lawsuits. But a slew of new judicial appointments through the Republican-led Congress could …

New Judicial Appointments Could Help Curb Shareholder Suits, Reduce D&O Losses

Directors and officers (D&O) insurance has faced major losses in recent years, due in part, to what some call a significant increase in shareholder securities class action lawsuits. But a slew of new judicial appointments through the Republican-led Congress could …

Insurers Urged to Catch Up with Risks of Fast-Growing 3-D Printing

Insurers are woefully behind in developing a coverage strategy for 3-D printing and stand to face liability problems if they don’t do so, an expert appearing at the PLUS 2017 conference in Atlanta said recently. “Unlike other areas of technology, …

Zebra Online Insurance Agency Gets $40M from Investors and New CEO from Kayak

The Zebra, an online auto insurance comparison marketplace, plans to use $40 million in new venture funding to double down on brand building, product expansion and customer outreach. Company co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Joshua Dziabiak told Carrier Management via …

XL Group Picks Dublin for Post-Brexit EU Headquarters

XL Group is the latest property/casualty insurer to make plans to move its European insurance company headquarters from the United Kingdom in response to its vote to leave the European Union. The insurer and reinsurer (parent company of XL Catlin) …

Look on the Bright Side of Transition to Autonomous Driving

The advance of driverless cars and the prospect that they will disrupt property/casualty insurance and change the way autos are insured has created plenty of industry anxiety. Even before that point, however, cars with drivers will likely share the road …

AIG’s High Cost of Hiring Duperreault

American International Group’s decision to recruit Hamilton Insurance Group CEO Brian Duperreault as its next leader won’t come cheap. To begin with, AIG will pay Hamilton $20 million to release Duperreault from contract restrictions that would prevent or restrict him …

New CEO Duperreault Interested in Growing AIG, Not Splitting It

American International Group’s President and CEO Brian Duperreault began his first full day in his new job repudiating the idea of splitting the insurer into pieces and simply returning money back to shareholders. “I recognize the value of the company’s …

Ironshore CEO Kelley: Goal Under Liberty Mutual Is to Become Premier Specialty P/C Insurer

Longtime Ironshore Inc. CEO Kevin Kelley said his company has a genuine shot at becoming a “premier” specialty property/casualty insurance company, both domestically and abroad, now that Liberty Mutual Insurance is its corporate parent. “I am dead serious,” Kelley said. …

Bunker, Startup Broker for Small Business, Contractor Insurance, Raises $6 Million

Bunker, a startup digital insurance broker focused on independent contractors and small businesses, has raised $6 million in Series A funding that will help fuel product development and expansion. Hiscox and American Family are among the backers. Omidyar Network, a …