The best-performing listing of 2020 is poised to enter the new year with extra volatility after insider selling restrictions expire this week. Insurance provider Lemonade Inc. is trading more than 350% above its July 1 initial public offering price, the …
There were, of course, recurrent topics and themes– from the coronavirus to business interruption to cyber to acquisitions to the Trump Administration to hurricanes — that dominated property/casualty insurance national news in 2020. At the same time, certain individual national …
Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) has promoted Bob Pottle to executive vice president and chief strategic operations officer (CSOO). The CSOO role is a newly created position that will use Pottle’s 34 years of leadership and experience at PHLY to enhance …
Here’s a look back at Insurance Journal’s most read stories of 2020 for the East region, based on readership metrics: 1. Proposed N.J. Bill Would Require Insurers to Pay COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims A proposed New Jersey bill in March …
Synchrono Group, doing business under SynchronoSure, and American European Insurance Group (AEIG) have expanded their partnership to include trucker general liability insurance for small trucking companies. SynchronoSure will underwrite and administer the business on behalf of AEIG ultimately in 14 …
LONDON – Britain, which left the European Union in January, loses full access to the bloc under transition arrangements that end at 2300 GMT on Dec. 31. The 27-nation EU is Britain’s biggest financial services customer, worth about 30 billion …
BEIJING – China’s central bank disclosed on Sunday it had asked the country’s payments giant Ant Group Co Ltd. to shake up its lending and other consumer finance operations, the latest blow to its billionaire founder and controlling shareholder Jack …
Here’s a look back at Insurance Journal’s most read stories of 2020 for the Southeast region, based on readership metrics: 1.) Florida Supreme Court Suspends Attorney Behind Thousands of Insurer Lawsuits Florida attorney Scot Strems was suspended by the Florida …
The top international news story of 2020 was the announcement in March of Aon’s proposed merger with Willis Towers Watson. The subject was of such interest to international readers that four of the 15 most-read articles involved the Aon-WTW merger. …
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based underwriter of specialty insurance products, announced an agreement to sell its Italian operations, ArgoGlobal Assicurazioni S.p.A (AGA) to Perfuturo Capital AG, a Swiss holding company. Perfuturo is fully owned by Philantra Holding AG …