Big deals February 4, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Marsh/JLT, Brown & Brown/Hays Topped 2018 P/C Agency Mergers A handful of big deals dominated the very busy property/casualty insurance...
Insurance Agents Assured of Trump Pass-Through Tax Break Under Final Treasury Rule February 4, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson The U.S. Treasury issued final regulations and other guidance on a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that...
Risk Management Is Answer to Football’s Insurance Problem, Says Top Sports Broker February 1, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson ESPN ran an in-depth report recently about insurers being unwilling to cover the National Football League (NFL) for general liability...
FEMA Renews $1.3 Billion Reinsurance Program with 28 Carriers January 31, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has renewed for the third year a reinsurance program that transfers future catastrophic flood...
2 Markel CATCo Execs Leave After Reserves Inquiry Unveils ‘Personal Relationship’ January 22, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Markel Corp. has reported that Anthony Belisle, Markel CATCo chief executive officer, and Alissa Fredricks, Markel CATCo chief executive officer...
Insurance Agents Assured of Trump Pass-Through Tax Break Under Final Treasury Rule January 18, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson The U.S. Treasury today issued final regulations and other guidance on a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...
Learning by Doing and Undoing: Insurtech Pilots and Pivots January 4, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson “If you can’t admit a failure, you’re not an entrepreneur. You are not a good business person. There’s nothing brilliant...
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...