Vertafore Delivers Policy Binding in Personal Lines Rater Vertafore, headquartered in Denver, launched the industry’s first bind capability within a personal lines rater. Vertafore’s personal lines rating and quoting platform, PL Rating, enables independent agencies to quickly find and bind …
More than 150,000 Xcel Energy Inc. customers in Colorado are without electricity amid hurricane-force winds — and some may not get power back until Monday. Those affected include about 55,000 customers who had their power cut preemptively by the utility …
Howden Tiger, the global reinsurance arm of Howden, will rename as Howden Re, effective April 8, 2024. This strategic change follows Howden’s rebrand in October last year, which united its broking operations under one name. Today, with its reinsurance business …
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — Eleven people were injured when a bus carrying University of South Carolina students blew a tire and hit a concrete barrier in Mississippi. Mississippi state troopers said the driver and a student were critically …
AXA XL’s U.S. Mid-Market insurance business is extending its general liability coverage for mid-sized businesses with its new XL Plus broadening endorsement, offering more than two dozen expanded protections. The XL Plus endorsement expands the scope and depth of coverage …
Greece is investing €2.1 billion ($2.27 billion) to protect the nation from natural disasters caused by climate change as wildfires are already breaking out ahead of fire season, which normally starts in May. The Aegis program is the first of …
The severe drought which has forced the Panama Canal, one of the world’s busiest trade passages, to limit daily crossings could impact global supply chains during a period of high demand, S&P Global said on Wednesday. The canal has imposed …
Executive Summary: Specialty insurance has experienced significant growth in recent years. Greg Gaydos, senior business development executive at Zywave, looks at the reasons and advises how to best take advantage of its wealth of opportunities. The excess and surplus lines …
President Gustavo Petro’s decision to take control of a top Colombian health insurer sets a dangerous precedent, according to the industry and patient associations. The South American nation’s health superintendent will run EPS Sanitas for one year after it failed …
The EU’s Food Safety Agency (EFSA) warned on Wednesday of a large-scale bird flu pandemic if the virus becomes transmissible between people as humans lack immunity against the virus. This comes a day after Texas reported that the H5N1 strain …