Latest Starr Companies Headlines
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Artificial Intelligence Startup Cytora Raises $5.9M from QBE, Starr, Other Investors
Dec 6 2017 // Artificial intelligence startup Cytora has raised $5.9 million in new financing from investors including divisions of QBE’s venture capital arm and Starr Cos. QBE Ventures, Starr Global Holding, Cambridge Innovation...
Starr Cos. Forms Canadian A&H Division, with Claughton & Hughes at Helm
Nov 29 2017 // Starr Cos. has launched an Accident & Health Division, based in Toronto, Canada. A&H coverages provided include business travel accident; group basic and voluntary accidental death & dismemberment; critical...
Starr Cos. Forms Agreement with SMARTT MGA for General Aviation Business
Nov 22 2017 // Starr Cos. announced an agreement with SMARTT MGA to act as agents for Starr International (Europe) Ltd. to provide automated quotes and policy documentation for light general aviation business. “We have built a...
Starr Reaffirms Commitment to Singapore Insurance Market with Subsidiary SIIS
Nov 8 2017 // Starr Cos. reaffirmed its commitment to the Singapore insurance market, despite the fact it has decided to discontinue underwriting new business through the Starr Singapore Underwriting Agents, representing its...
Small Business Digital Insurer Attune Adds Starr’s Stamets, OnDeck’s Dreiling
Nov 3 2017 // Digital small business insurer Attune has named Martha Dreiling as head of Analytics and Corporate Operations and Richard E. Stamets as head of Underwriting Strategy. Dreiling oversees Attune’s analytics, people and...
JLT Specialty USA Adds Starr’s Vendetti to Construction Risk Partners
Nov 2 2017 // JLT Specialty USA announced the appointment of James Vendetti as a director for its construction insurance practice, Construction Risk Partners (CRP). Based in New York, Vendetti will focus on business development,...
Insurtech CoverWallet Secures $18.5 Million to Expand Small Business Insurance Platform
Oct 12 2017 // Digital business insurance agency CoverWallet said it has closed a $18.5 million Series B funding round led by Foundation Capital with participation from existing investors Union Square Ventures, Index Ventures, CV Starr...
Starr Cos. Now Offers Commercial Auto Coverages in Canada
Oct 11 2017 // Starr Cos. announced it has introduced commercial primary auto coverages in all provinces and territories in Canada. “This allows Starr to better support our primary general liability accounts by offering commercial...
Starr Adds Commercial Auto Coverage for Aviation Insureds
Oct 5 2017 // Starr Companies has added commercial auto coverage for aviation insureds. Auto coverage is available on an ‘any auto’ basis for fleets owned by companies operating in the aviation industry when purchased along...
Ironshore’s New Iron-Excess MGA Is Based on Iron-Starr Excess Agency Model
Sep 26 2017 // Using a Bermuda joint venture between Ironshore and C.V. Starr & Co. as a model, Ironshore announced the launch of Iron-Excess on Monday. Ironshore, a Liberty Mutual company, describes Iron-Excess as an expansion of...
A.M. Best Assigns ‘A’ Rating to New Texas Insurer, Starr Specialty
Aug 23 2017 // Ratings agency, A.M. Best, has assigned a Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “a” to Starr Specialty Insurance Co. (Starr Specialty),...
New Side ‘A’ D&O Policy Available from Starr Companies
Jul 31 2017 // Starr Companies has introduced an enhanced Directors & Officers policy, providing additional protection for directors, officers, trustees, governors, management committee members or board of managers members for...
Starr Buys Stake in Small Business Insurtech CoverWallet
Jul 19 2017 // Starr Companies is now a minority shareholder in online small business insurance agency CoverWallet. CoverWallet confirmed the deal that was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. No financial terms were...
Starr Companies Enhances Crime & Fidelity Endorsement
Jul 14 2017 // Starr Companies has launched an enhanced crime & fidelity endorsement expanding coverage for fraudulent impersonation losses. According to Brian Inselberg, senior vice president, Financial Lines, the enhanced coverage...
Starr Promotes Bessinger to Chief Underwriting Officer for Domestic Companies
Jun 28 2017 // Starr Companies has promoted Richard Bessinger to chief underwriting officer of Starr Indemnity & Liability Co., Starr Specialty Insurance Co. and Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Co. Bessinger has 25 years of experience...
Fidelis Group Adds Starr Marine’s Blaine as AVP in Houston
Jun 13 2017 // Fidelis Group Holdings LLC (FGH), with its subsidiary Continental Underwriters Ltd., has hired Lynn Blaine as assistant vice president to support the expansion of the group’s marine portfolio. Blaine is based in...
Greenberg’s Starr to Appeal AIG Bailout Case to Supreme Court
May 10 2017 // A federal appeals court threw out a ruling that the U.S. government illegally bailed out insurer American International Group Inc. during the 2008 financial crisis, in a defeat for former chief executive officer Maurice...
Court Denies Shareholder Claim Against AIG Bailout Case Led by Starr’s Greenberg
May 9 2017 // A federal appeals court threw out a ruling that the U.S. government illegally bailed out insurer American International Group Inc. during the 2008 financial crisis, in a defeat for former chief executive officer Maurice...
Pennsylvania’s Venture Programs Hires Wright and Starr
Apr 6 2017 // Venture Programs, a West Chester, Penn.-based national insurance program administrator, has added Janet Wright as a risk manager and Jeanne Starr as a SUITELIFE regional underwriter. In this new role, Wright will be...
Starr’s Caporelli Joins Rockhill Environmental Team in California
Apr 6 2017 // The Rockhill Insurance Group has named Steve Caporelli to its environmental unit. Caporelli will be based in the San Francisco, Calif. office. Caporelli more than 15 years of underwriting and risk assessment experience. He...
