Extraordinary Re’s Extraordinary Idea for Trading Insurance Risks Like Stocks August 15, 2018 By Russ Banham Imagine there’s a way for institutional investors to trade insurance risks much like they trade stocks. Well, imagine no more....
Build vs. Buy an Agency: Organic Growth in Rising Interest Rate Environment August 14, 2018 By David W. Tralka Now that interest rates are rising again, it’s time to re-examine whether buying an insurance agency is the smart choice...
Icahn Halts Bid to Block Cigna’s Takeover of Express Scripts August 14, 2018 By Scott Deveau Activist investor Carl Icahn has dropped his fight to block Cigna Corp.’s $54 billion acquisition of Express Scripts Holding Co....
Tesla CEO Musk Just Made It Easier for Shareholders to Sue: Viewpoint August 14, 2018 By Alison Frankel On Monday morning, six days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he was thinking about taking the company private...
XL Catlin Expands M&A Underwriting Team with Khalidi and Jensen August 14, 2018 XL Catlin insurance operations recently added Naveed Khalidi and Michelle Jensen to its team of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) insurance...
Workers’ Compensation Insurers Face Rise in Motor Vehicle Accidents August 14, 2018 Although there has been an overall decline in workers’ compensation claims, the frequency of claims for motor vehicle accidents has...
How Agent and Carrier Relationships Are Changing in a Customer-Centric World August 14, 2018 By David Pieffer Auto insurance shoppers are placing a greater importance on having more services provided to them today versus five years ago,...
Another Use for Drones: Investigating Car Wrecks August 13, 2018 By Jenni Bergal, Stateline When police investigators tried to figure out what caused a multi-vehicle crash that killed an elderly woman in Morton, Illinois,...
Marsh’s Bogan Joins JLT Specialty’s Life Sciences Team August 13, 2018 Broker JLT Specialty USA has named John Bogan as a vice president, serving U.S. life science companies and their complex...
AmWINS Targets Marine Insurance with Creation of 2 Specialty MGAs August 13, 2018 Global insurance wholesale brokerage AmWINS Group has formed two specialty managing general agencies focused on the marine industry, AmWINS Specialty...