London Workers Seek Assurance Transport System Is Safe Before Returning to Offices July 9, 2020 By Huw Jones Workers in the City of London need to have greater confidence that traveling on the capital’s public transport system is...
Canadian Insurtech MGA Foxquilt Raises Seed Funding to Develop Small-Biz Platform July 9, 2020 A Canadian insurtech focused on small business insurance said it raised $3.5 million in seed financing. Foxquilt, a Toronto-based MGA...
Kovrr Develops Open Framework for Measuring Catastrophic Cyber Risk July 9, 2020 Kovrr, a cyber risk modeling company, announced it has developed an easy-to-use open framework to measure and understand catastrophic cyber...
AXA Investment Managers Sets 33% Gender Diversity Target on Company Boards July 9, 2020 AXA Investment Managers will set a 33% target for gender diversity on listed company boards in developed markets and may...
Biggest Uncertainty for UK Insurers Remains Around Business Interruption Claims: BoE July 9, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn and Huw Jones The biggest uncertainty now facing insurers is whether they will have to pay for a raft of business interruption claims,...
Willis Re Taps Moss from Lockton Re as Co-Head of Specialty Casualty Unit in London July 8, 2020 Willis Re, the reinsurance division of Willis Towers Watson, announces the appointment of James Moss as co-head of Willis Re...
Generali Offers Remote Facility Inspection for Firms Coping with COVID-19 Travel Bans July 8, 2020 Generali’s P&C unit Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C) Iberia & LatAm has developed a new system for remote facility inspection...
Lloyd’s Market Assn. Launches Delegated Authority Group to Set Future Business Model July 8, 2020 The Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) has launched a Delegated Authority Committee (DAC) to inform and guide the evolution of this...
Lloyd’s Innovation Accelerator Focuses on COVID-19 Market Response with 3 Insurtechs July 8, 2020 Lloyd’s has started work with three insurtech startups to help the market respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of...
QBE Sells Stake in India Insurance Joint Venture to Fintech Platform Paytm July 8, 2020 India’s financial technology platform Paytm is set to acquire Mumbai-based private sector general insurer Raheja QBE General Insurance Co. Ltd....