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US Excess & Surplus Lines Boost London Market Re/Insurers’ Topline Growth
Apr 16 2025 // The U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) lines market continues to offer profitable growth opportunities for insurers and reinsurers in the London market – which could help counteract some possible headwinds, according to a...
British Insurer Marshmallow Valued at $2 Billion With BlackRock Backing
Apr 15 2025 // British car insurance startup Marshmallow has almost doubled its valuation to more than $2 billion after a funding round that was backed by new investors BlackRock, Columbia Lake Partners and Portage. The firm, which...
AM Best: Tariff Uncertainty Could Lead to Credit Rating Changes for Insurers
Apr 15 2025 // According to AM Best, the balance sheets of insurers can be pressured by the stock and bond market volatility caused by recent tariffs, resulting in financial exposure that could lead to some changes in credit ratings. The...
The 12th New Property Insurer, Apex Star Reciprocal, Enters Florida Market
Apr 8 2025 // Florida’s insurance commissioner on Monday announced another entry into the warming waters of the Florida property-casualty market – the 12th new insurer in the last two years. Nichols (Linkedin) Apex Star...
Hedge Funds Hunt Deals in Risk Scenarios Too Costly for Insurers
Apr 7 2025 // As Los Angeles residents digested the apocalyptic scene left by wildfires earlier this year, the stage was simultaneously being set for hedge funds to pursue market-beating returns fanned by climate change. The investment...
JD Power: Customers Not Happy With Carrier Property Claims Service
Apr 7 2025 // Higher premiums and longer wait times make property owners less satisfied with their insurers. These not-very-surprising results from J.D. Power’s 2025 U.S. Property Claims Satisfaction Study align with today’s...
Risk Digitization Top Tech Priority for US Insurers
Apr 4 2025 // Risk digitization was cited as the primary technology priority for revenue growth in a recent study from insurtech Cytora. Cytora surveyed 200 senior leaders from global insurance firms and found that 76% of respondents...
Future of Auto Insurance: OEM-Insurer Ties Could Boost Profits, Loyalty
Apr 3 2025 // The fragmented auto insurance customer experience is set for disruption, according to a new report by Deloitte. The report, “Reinventing the insurance customer experience for loyalty,” highlights how...
Small Businesses Continue to Be Underserved by Cyber Insurers: CyberCube
Apr 2 2025 // Cyber risk analytics firm CyberCube in a report said the cyber insurance market continues to underserve small businesses although these businesses represent a significant share of the global economic output. “This...
Swedish Insurer Folksam Divests $160 Million Tesla Stake
Apr 2 2025 // Sweden’s largest insurer Folksam said on Wednesday it has sold its stake in electric car maker Tesla over concerns about the company’s stance on workers’ rights. Tesla, headed by billionaire Elon Musk, is...
Zurich Buys Stake in UK M&A Insurer to Fuel US, Europe Expansion
Apr 1 2025 // Zurich Insurance Group has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Icen Risk, a company that specializes in insuring mergers and acquisitions. The transaction will see Zurich take a “significant minority” in...
California Bill Would Require Insurers to Notify Property Owners of Aerial Inspections
Apr 1 2025 // A California bill requiring insurers to provide a notice to homeowners before conducting an inspection with aerial imaging is set for a committee hearing on Wednesday. Assembly Bill 75 requires insurers to provide a notice...
Texas Investigating Medicaid Insurer Accused of Spying on Citizens
Mar 28 2025 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he has launched an investigation into one of the state’s Medicaid insurance providers after allegations that the company illegally spied on Texans. The state...
Italy’s No. 2 Insurer Unipol Aims to Boost Bank Distribution Channel
Mar 28 2025 // Italian financial group Unipol aims to generate 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in capital over the next three years to boost its finances and have money for investments. Unveiling its “Stronger/Faster/Better”...
Excess & Surplus Insurer Ategrity Files for IPO
Mar 27 2025 // New York-based Ategrity Specialty Insurance Co., a national specialty property/casualty insurer focused on the excess and surplus (E&S) lines market, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an...
Germany Tells Insurers to Vet Private Asset Deals More Carefully
Mar 25 2025 // Germany’s financial watchdog is pushing insurers to step up scrutiny of private credit investments after several firms were stung by losses on loans to real estate companies. BaFin, which oversees more than 500...
Auto Insurer Root to Pay New York $975K Over Data Breach
Mar 24 2025 // New York Attorney General Letitia James has secured $975,000 in penalties from auto insurance company Root over a data breach that the state says exposed the personal information of about 45,000 New Yorkers. Root does not...
Medicare Open Enrollment Season: Best Practices for Carriers, Agencies, and MGAs/MGUs
Mar 24 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. For carriers and agencies that sell Medicare Advantage, Supplement, or Part D plans, Medicare open enrollment season is always right around the corner. If you’re...
From Investigations to Legislation: Florida Lawmakers Weigh Changes for Insurers and Agents
Mar 24 2025 // Florida legislative leaders, facing increasing pressure from the public and the press, pledged to investigate property insurers’ financial structures as they met in Tallahassee in early March. And bills filed before...
Wall Street Brokers Start Trading Insurer Claims From LA Fires
Mar 20 2025 // Wall Street brokers have started selling insurers’ claims tied to Los Angeles’ deadly wildfires, which may trigger a payout from the utilities blamed for the destruction, according to people familiar with the...
