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Arthur J. Gallagher Finalizes Purchase of Stake in India Broker Edelweiss

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced it has completed the purchase of a minority stake in Edelweiss Insurance Brokers Ltd. (EIBL), a subsidiary of India’s leading diversified financial services conglomerate, Edelweiss Group. Financial details of …

Ping An Q3 Profit Jumps 50% on Higher Investment Returns, Bank Income

Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China’s largest insurer by market value, said third-quarter profit jumped 50% thanks to higher investment returns and banking income. Net income rose to 31.9 billion yuan ($4.5 billion) in the three months ended Sept. 30 …

Insurtech Funding Reaches $4.4 Billion to Date in 2019, Blowing Past Full-Year 2018

Insurtech funding levels, reaching almost $4.4 billion in worldwide funding commitments through three quarters of the year, has already surpassed the 2018 full-year total, Willis Towers Watson announced Wednesday. According to the new Quarterly InsurTech Briefing published by the global …

Regulator Orders Further Decrease to Proposed Florida Workers’ Comp Rates

Florida businesses can expect an even greater decrease in workers’ compensation insurance next year, thanks to an order by the state regulator for a further decrease to the recent rate filing proposed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). …

Profit Lessons in Commercial Auto, Workers Comp and Other Business

Progressive has a competitive edge over long-term players in the commercial auto insurance market and national carriers outpace regionals on workers compensation profit measures, according to a new report from Guy Carpenter. “Competition and change are the only certainties” for …

How Exxon’s Climate Change Trial Ended Up Being About Numbers

Climate change protesters outside a Manhattan courthouse this week expressed overwhelming support for New York’s landmark securities fraud lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, even if they weren’t entirely sure what the case was actually about. Several participants at a rally on …

A.M. Best Won’t Publish Its Carrier Innovation Scores At First

A.M. Best plans to start assessing innovation as part of the credit rating methodology it uses to evaluate carriers in the first half of 2020, Chief Rating Officer Stefan Holzberger said. The initiative, disclosed earlier this year, won’t affect a …

Direct Connection in California Names Nevins Marketing & Operations Director

San Francisco, Calif.-based Direct Connection Advertising & Marketing has named Kristen Nevins director of marketing and operations. Nevins joined the firm in 2018. She was previously at Scottsdale Insurance Co. (now Nationwide). Her most recent position was at a digital …

Sompo International Adds Email Security Review Services to Cyber Policies

Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has partnered with SecurIT360, a full-service security consulting firm, and The Crypsis Group, a cyber risk management firm, to offer all eligible cyber policyholders in …

NTSB Blames Miami Bridge Collapse on Design Errors, Lack of Oversight

A Miami university bridge that collapsed and killed six people last year showed significant design errors and should have been more carefully monitored by the state government because of the project’s complexity, federal officials said Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety …

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