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AIG Winds Down Iran Business It Acquired Along With Validus

American International Group Inc. is exiting business activities in Iran that came with a subsidiary it acquired and which now butt up against the sanctions against Iran that have been reimposed by the Trump administration, according to a filing. Validus …

Lawsuit Says Wells Fargo Executives Knew About Insurance Overcharges

Wells Fargo & Co. executives were warned that an auto insurance plan could be overcharging customers four years before the bank scrapped the program, according to a complaint released by a judge this week. Several executives, including then-General Counsel James …

Sirius Insurance Closes Deal with Easterly, Becomes Public Company

Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd., a global multi-line insurance and reinsurance group, has closed the previously announced business combination with the special purpose private asset management company Easterly Acquisition Corp. As a result, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sirius Group …

Motel 6 Pays $7.6M to Settle Class Action Over Giving Guest Lists to Immigration Agents

Motel 6 will pay up to $7.6 million to Hispanic guests to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming that it violated their privacy by regularly providing guest lists to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Terms of the preliminary …

Insurance Linked Securities’ Issuance Reaches Record $1.6B in Q3: Willis Re

The issuance of non-life insurance linked securities during the third quarter reached a record $1.6 billion, according to a report published by Willis Re. The total exceeds the former Q3 record of $1.4 billion achieved in 2013, and is well …

U.S. Agencies Split Over Cell Phone Cancer Risk

Two U.S. government agencies are giving conflicting interpretations of a safety study on cell phone radiation: One says it causes cancer in rats. The other says there’s no reason for people to worry. No new research was issued but last …

Confie Secures $220M Credit Facility for Continued Expansion

Personal lines insurance broker Confie said it has closed on a new $220 million credit facility, led by Goldman Sachs and Barclays. In addition to the refinancing, Confie said it has a $90 million revolving credit facility which is undrawn …

Insurtech Profile: The Evolution of Slice and Future of Insurance

Insurtech Slice, which offers its own on-demand rideshare and homeshare products, now also provides cloud services for carriers wanting to offer their own on-demand products. The growing digital insurer and services provider recently closed a $20 million funding round to …

AXA XL, Slice Labs Launch On-Demand Cyber Coverage for Small, Mid-Size Businesses

Slice Labs Inc., an on-demand insurance cloud provider, and AXA XL, a division of AXA, have launched a new cyber insurance policy specifically designed for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). Powered by Slice’s Insurance Cloud Services (ICS) platform, AXA XL’s …

Insurance Technologies Corp. Acquires Assurance Systems

Texas-based Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a provider of websites, marketing, rating and management software and services, has acquired Assurance Systems Inc., an insurance technology provider in the southeastern United States. Founded in 1986, Assurance Systems product offerings include AccuAuto, its …

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