Performance
Chubb Reports Robust Financial Results, With Predictions of More to Come
Chubb scored robust results for its 2018 third quarter, with solid profit, increases in net premiums written and a healthy property/casualty combined ratio. "We're confident and optimistic about our ...
Travelers, Amazon to Sell Smart Home Kits, Promote Insurance Info to Clients
The Travelers Companies Inc. is teaming up with Amazon to offer smart home kits and insurance/risk management information through a digital storefront: Amazon.com/Travelers. The property/casualty ...
Aspen Founder, CEO O’Kane to Depart in 2019; Brit Chairman Cloutier to Replace Him
Aspen Insurance Holdings Group Chief Executive Officer Chris O'Kane plans to step down in the 2019 first half, after investment manager Apollo Global Management LLC closes its $2.6 billion deal to ...
As Work Plods Along, Motivational Tactics Can Still Produce Results
Sometimes work in the office can be less than ideal or interesting, even if it remains important. A recent posting on the Leadership Freak blog acknowledged that this circumstance can create a bad ...
‘He’s Gaining on Us?’ An ‘Inconceivable’ Quarter of InsurTech Carrier Financials
As we worked on pulling together this third installment of our review of U.S. InsurTech startup financials, we were reminded of the scene from "The Princess Bride" in which a masked man in black ...
Second-Quarter 2018 Financial Details for Lemonade, Root and Metromile
Does Lemonade have shlimazels for customers? Is slower second-quarter growth at Root an indicator that the carrier is deliberately focusing on profitability? Do Ajit Jain and Rob Berkley know ...
It’s Time to Face Reality, Berkley Says
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A VINTAGE CARRIER MANAGEMENT ARTICLE FROM 2018. When catastrophes occur, "we have this ability to back the cat losses out. But ironically, the industry doesn't seem to back the ...
The Good and the Bad at Lemonade: Latest Chronicles
In a blog item titled "We suck, sometimes," a co-founder of Lemonade, the insurer powered by behavioral economics and artificial intelligence, revealed a recent 1,000 percent growth spurt but ...