July 12, 2018
Following the completion of the acquisition of XL Group by AXA SA – expected in the second half of 2018 – the two insurers have chosen the name of the division that will be dedicated to large property/casualty commercial lines …
July 12, 2018
R-T Specialty announced the hiring of industry veteran Jonathan Legge as a senior vice president of its RT ProExec division. Legge will assume leadership of RT ProExec’s Transactional Liability and Private Equity Practice. He will be responsible for expanding R-T …
July 12, 2018
The Albuquerque, New Mexico metropolitan statistical area (MSA) repeats as having the highest per capita auto theft rate in 2017, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) latest Hot Spots report. New to the top 10 this year, the …
July 12, 2018
When the high-end property development Lake Las Vegas collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis, 31 funds that helped finance the project lost a total of $540 million. But only one of them, Dallas-based hedge fund Highland Capital Management, aggressively pursued …
July 12, 2018
Jay Cradeur takes pride in his 4.9 driver rating on Uber Technologies Inc.’s five-star scale and the almost 19,000 rides he’s given in the capital of ride sharing, San Francisco. So he was puzzled — and more than a little …
July 11, 2018
Football or soccer players who tend to head the ball a lot may be more likely to have balance problems than players who do not head the ball as often. “Soccer headers are repetitive subconcussive head impacts that may be …
July 11, 2018
The second quarter showed a general uptick in premium renewal rate change across the commercial insurance lines of business compared to the first quarter 2018. The upward movement was seen in commercial auto, general liability, commercial property and umbrella, according …
July 11, 2018
Specialty insurer Markel Corp. has announced executive leadership changes for its insurance operations. Robert Cox will join Markel in the newly created position of president and chief operating officer, Insurance Operations. In support of integrating its insurance operations, Cox will …
July 11, 2018
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld Volkswagen’s $10.03 billion settlement with the owners of nearly 500,000 polluting diesel vehicles announced in 2016. The three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said, in dismissing a number of …
July 11, 2018
Next Insurance has raised $83 million in new financing, money it said will fuel its continued U.S. expansion as a full-service digital insurance carrier focused on the small business market. Nationwide Insurance and Munich Re participated in the Series B …