Underwriting
Brookfield Asset Management’s Reinsurance Unit Will Acquire American National for $5.1B
Brookfield Asset Management Inc's reinsurance unit has agreed to buy insurer American National Group Inc for about $5.1 billion in an all-cash deal, the companies said on Monday. Started in 1905 by ...
GEICO Drags Down Berkshire Hathaway’s Q2 Insurance Earnings
Berkshire Hathaway's insurance division produced a mixed performance during the 2021 second quarter. Rate increases generally carried the day, though the conglomerate's GEICO unit dragged down ...
TypTap, a Home and Flood Insurance InsurTech, Files Proposed IPO Plans
HCI Group, Inc. announced that its InsurTech subsidiary, TypTap Insurance Group, Inc., a Florida-based writer of private market homeowners and flood insurance, has confidentially submitted a draft ...
Lemonade Customer Base Now Surpasses 1.2M; Q2 Losses Land Above $55M
Lemonade's customer base continues to climb in the 2021 second quarter, with that number now surpassing 1.2 million. In contrast, the New York-based digital insurer reported nearly 814,200 customers ...
Allianz CEO Baete Recaps ‘Horrible Week’ Regarding U.S. DOJ Fund Division Probe
Oliver Baete, chief executive officer of Germany's Allianz, on Friday spoke of a "horrible week" for him and the insurer, his first response to a disclosure that the U.S. Department of Justice was ...AIG Celebrates Strong Q2 Gains Driven by Investment Income, Business Growth, Rate Hikes
American International Group generated a modest profit in the second quarter, citing gains from higher net investment income, far fewer catastrophe losses and strong rate hikes in its ...
MGA InsurTech Corvus Acquires Wingman Insurance, Targeting Admitted Coverage Marketplace
MGA Corvus Insurance, fresh off of raising $115 million in new venture financing, has made an acquisition with an eye on the admitted coverage marketplace and more digital platform partnerships. More ...
London Struggles to Lure Back Financial Workers, Legal & General Warns
The head of one of the UK's largest insurers and investors warned that the City of London is struggling far more than the country's other office districts in luring workers back to their desks. Since ...