How Big Tech Flirted with Insurance in 2018 January 2, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson The almost weekly headlines about insurers and venture capitalists investing in insurtechs and tech-savvy insurance startups sometimes blocked the view...
P/C Insurer Trade Groups AIA and PCI Agree on Merger, New Name Starting Jan. 1 December 27, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson Members of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and the American Insurance Association have approved a merger that takes...
Insurance, Banking Groups Balk at Limits on Flood Insurance Operations During Shutdown December 27, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson As indicated by a report by Insurance Journal over the holidays, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is limiting the...
President Signs Flood Insurance Extension But Government Shutdown Could Limit Operations December 22, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson On Friday, December 21, 2018, President Trump signed into law a measure reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program until May...
AIG Arranges First CLO Deal Since Financial Crisis December 12, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson American International Group Inc. has returned to the red-hot collateralized loan obligation market as an asset manager with its first...
What Insurers Want and Get from Insurtech Partnerships November 29, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson Remember the scene in the 1989 movie When Harry Met Sally? During lunch with Harry at a deli, Sally very...
Analysts Weigh Chances Next Congress Will Actually Reform Flood Insurance November 28, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson With the clock ticking on the National Flood Insurance Program’s authorization that is set to run out this Friday, Nov....
Exclusive: Insiders Symington, Lehmann Analyze Mid-Term Elections for P/C Insurance November 27, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson The voters have spoken. Republicans have increased their slight advantage in the Senate, while Democrats have flipped the House and...
Flood Insurance Program to Lapse Nov. 30 Unless Congress Acts November 19, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson Once again the fate of the nation’s flood insurance program is coming down to the wire. Authorization for the program...
Insurtech Profile: Broker Buddha Simplifies Agents’ Lives with Smart Forms November 8, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson Many insurtechs find one problem and try to solve it. Broker Buddha is among them. This platform takes static PDF...