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Travelers partners with Amazon on smart homes
Travelers will offer smart home kits, insurance and risk management services through Amazon.
Risk management: Analysis: Councils: Local challenges
Local government insurance has to deal with emerging risks. How is it adapting as competition increases?
Direct cyber market grew 32% last year
US property and casualty insurers wrote $1.8bn (£1.34bn) of direct cyber premium last year, a growth of 32% from the previous year.
Post Power List 2018: Bubbling under - Alan Schnitzer
CEO, Travelers
Travelers Europe appoints Nick Rnjak to lead Lloyd's platform
Travelers Europe has appointed Nick Rnjak to lead its Lloyd’s platform, Travelers Syndicate Management Limited.
Vibe launches MGA Plus Risk
A Lloyd’s managing general agent, Plus Risk, has been established by Vibe.
Simply Business poised for further international expansion
Simply Business is poised for further international expansion seven months on from its acquisition by Travelers.
Analysis: Councils: Local challenges
Local government insurance has to deal with emerging risks. How is it adapting as competition increases?
Steve Eccles named CUO at Argo
Specialty underwriter Argo Group has named Steve Eccles as chief underwriting officer for its international business, subject to regulatory approval.
Blog: Why incumbent insurers must buy out insurtech start-ups
Instead of just driving efficiencies, some start-ups now have the ambition to become full-stack insurers, warns Paul Cuatrecasas, CEO of investment bank Aquaa Partners, urging incumbents to buy out these potential competitors.
Man sentenced to a year after fraudulent personal injury claim
A man has been sentenced to a year behind bars after attempting to claim hundreds of thousands of pounds following a work injury.
Lloyds Bank's Bill Cooper on private equity
The valuation of intermediaries is once again in the spotlight after a number of recent high-profile deals, where firms have changed hands for what appear to be very high multiples. Lloyds Bank's managing director and global head of insurance Bill Cooper…
Dive In to delve into the 'Diversity Dividend'
The 'Diversity Dividend' is the theme of the third edition of the Dive In festival taking place in September.
Ogden cut to wipe £50m off Traveler's Q1 2017 results
Travelers expects to record an increase to prior year loss reserves of approximately $62m (£50m) in Q1 2017 as a result of changes to the Ogden discount rate.
Simply Business dedicated to growing UK headcount following Travelers acquisition
Simply Business remains committed to growing staff levels in the UK following its acquisition by Travelers.
Travelers acquires Simply Business for $490m
Travelers has agreed to acquire Simply Business from Aquiline Capital Partners for approximately $490m (£401m).
After Brolly v Travelers, here are six more insurance brand and marketing spats that made the headlines
The news last month that insurance giant Travelers had objected to insurtech startup Brolly using an umbrella as its logo got me thinking.
Sompo Canopius boosts heavy industry through Lloyd’s consortium
Sompo Canopius’s heavy industry team has secured additional capacity for its mining cover from Travelers Syndicate 5000 at Lloyd’s.
Travelers threatens start-up broker over use of umbrella logo
Start-up broker Brolly is looking to crowdsource a new logo following the threat of legal action from Travelers.
Travelers to pay legal costs for PIP Breast Implant claimants
Travelers Insurance Company has to pay legal costs for a number PIP Breast Implant claimants, the High Court has ruled.
Former Travelers CEO Jay Fishman dies at 63
Former Travelers CEO Jay Fishman died on Friday in his New Jersey home following a battle with a neuromuscular condition.
Columbus Direct targets Millennials with self-service travel insurance kiosks in airports
Columbus Direct has launched a series of self-service kiosks in UK airports that will allow flyers to buy travel insurance on the day of departure.
Innovation lessons insurers can take from lawyers
Insurers and lawyers don’t have a reputation of tech-savvy trailblazers. Yet some of them have adopted new technologies, including artificial intelligence. So, what works and what doesn’t?
Travelers Europe targets direct channel 'growth area' with online SME offering
Travelers Europe has launched an online platform to provide insurance directly to small UK companies but remains committed to its existing model.