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1. Cambridge Fellow: Microinsurance Proves Itself in the Field

Subjects
Typhoon Haiyan, 2013, Sustainable development, Typhoons, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: Meg Green SINGAPORE, Jul 02, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- Ana Gonzalez, fellow, Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Cambridge University, said studies of Philippine communities with access to [...]

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2019

3. Georgia Governor Swears In New Insurance Commissioner

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Governors, Fraud, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: Timothy Darragh ATLANTA, Jul 02, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- Promising to restore trust in an office tainted by scandal, John King accepted Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s [...]

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2019

4. AIA Names President Director in Indonesia

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AIA Group Ltd. -- Officials and employees, Insurance industry -- Officials and employees, Insurance industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: Ernesto Calucag JAKARTA, Indonesia, Jul 02, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- AIA Group Ltd. has appointed Sainthan Satyamoorthy as president director of AIA Indonesia, subject to regulatory [...]

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2019

5. Best's Rating Notification - Capacity Insurance Company

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Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: Rating Division Oldwick, N.J., Jul 02, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- A.M. Best Company has made the following rating update: Company: Capacity Insurance Company AMB Number: 10738 [...]

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2019

6. AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable for Capacity Insurance Company

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Financial analysis, Credit ratings, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: A.M.Best Company Oldwick, Jul 02, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from positive and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of [...]

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2019

7. Bermuda Association CEO: Closing the Protection Gap Through Modeling

Subjects
Societies -- Models, Chief executive officers -- Models, Local government -- Bermuda -- Singapore -- Models, Associations, institutions, etc. -- Models, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: Meg Green SINGAPORE, Jul 02, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- John Huff, president and chief executive officer of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers, said the [...]

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2019

8. Japan’s Sumitomo Life Acquires 25% Stake in Singapore Life

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Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Insurance industry -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Insurance industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Iris Lai SINGAPORE, Jul 02, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. has agreed to acquire a 25% stake in Singapore Life Pte. Ltd. for [...]

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2019

9. Update: Aviva Canada Names Chief Executive Officer

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Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: Bob O'Connor LONDON, Jun 10, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- (This corrects the year in the fourth paragraph.) Jason Storah has been named chief executive officer of [...]

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2019

10. FWD Acquires Thai Bank’s Life Insurance Business for US$3 Billion

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Siam Commercial Bank Ltd. -- Distribution agreements -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, MetLife Inc. -- Distribution agreements -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Bank mergers, Banks (Finance) -- Distribution agreements, Banking industry -- Distribution agreements -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Insurance industry -- Distribution agreements -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Insurance industry, Banking industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Ernesto Calucag BANGKOK, Jul 02, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- FWD Group has agreed to acquire the life insurance business of Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank for 92.7 [...]

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2019

11. Best's Rating Notification - Rural Mutual Insurance Company

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Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: Rating Division Oldwick, N.J., Jul 02, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- A.M. Best Company has made the following rating update: Company: Rural Mutual Insurance Company AMB Number: [...]

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2019

13. SVP of Analytics Joins QBE North America

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QBE Insurance Group Ltd. -- Officials and employees, Insurance industry -- Officials and employees, Insurance industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: Kate Sulllian NEW YORK, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- QBE North America appointed Risa Ryan as senior vice president of analytics. Ryan will be responsible [...]

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2019

14. Best's Rating Notification - Germantown Mutual Insurance Company

Subjects
Insurance companies, Insurance industry, Copyrights, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: Rating Division Oldwick, N.J., Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- A.M. Best Company has made the following rating update: Company: Germantown Mutual Insurance Company AMB Number: [...]

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2019

15. Randall & Quilter Acquires Legacy Company Sandell for $25 Million

Subjects
Company acquisition/merger, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: David Pilla LONDON, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- A unit of runoff acquirer Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. has agreed to acquire Sandell Holdings [...]

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2019

16. Pool Re Points to Evolving Terror Threat in UK

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Terrorism -- Reports, Insurance industry, Insurance companies, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: Bob O'Connor LONDON, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- The evolution of Islamic radicalization is altering the nature of the terrorist threat to the United Kingdom, [...]

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2019

17. Pa. Governor Set to Sign State-Based Health Insurance Exchange Bill

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Health insurance exchanges, Health insurance, Health care reform, Health insurance industry, Budgets, Insurance industry, State budgets, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Timothy Darragh HARRISBURG, Pa., Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has signed the budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, setting the table [...]

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2019

19. Second Man Imprisoned in $20 Million Insurance Financing Fraud

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Prisoners, Conspiracy, Insurance, Fraud, Truck industry, Trailers, Truck drivers, Trucking, Courts, Insurance industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Timothy Darragh MIAMI, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- The brother of a former insurance executive who was imprisoned in a $20 million fraud is joining [...]

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2019

20. Willis Re: June, July Renewals Show Strengthening Reinsurance Market Conditions

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Insurance industry, Pricing, Insurance industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: David Pilla LONDON, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- Reinsurance prices, terms and conditions improved at June and July renewals as the primary insurance market strengthened, [...]

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2019

21. Apollo Syndicate Management Appoints Head of Reserving and Analytics

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Management consultants, Consultants (Persons), Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: Kate Sulllian LONDON, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- Apollo Syndicate Management named Chris Littlefair as the head of reserving and analytics. This new role is [...]

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2019

22. BGC Insurance Group Names Chief Executive for Its Aviation Brokerage

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Financial services -- Officials and employees, Aviation, Chairpersons, Financial services industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: Kate Sulllian LONDON, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- BGC Insurance Group has named Philip Smaje as chief executive officer of the group’s new global aviation [...]

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2019

23. CNA Names EVP-General Counsel

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CNA Financial Corp. -- Officials and employees, Property and casualty insurance industry -- Officials and employees, Vice presidents (Organizations) -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Kate Sulllian CHICAGO, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- CNA has appointed Jose Ramon Gonzalez as executive vice president and general counsel. Gonzalez will serve as [...]

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2019

24. Best’s Special Report: Catastrophe Loss Creep, Escalating Reinsurance Rates Hamper Florida’s Insurance Market

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Insurance industry -- Company sales and earnings, Retirement benefits, Hurricanes, Insurance industry, Company earnings/profit, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: A.M.Best Company Oldwick, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- While many in the insurance industry believe that hurricanes pose the largest threat for Florida’s property market, [...]

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2019

25. Brit Expands Operations Team

Subjects
BCG, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Kate Sulllian LONDON, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- Brit Ltd. has appointed Paolo Cuomo to the newly created position of head of strategy. In his [...]

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2019

26. MS Amlin Names Country Manager for France

Subjects
Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: Kate Sulllian LONDON, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- MS Amlin has appointed Veronique Perottino as country manager for France. Perottino will officially join the beginning [...]

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2019

27. AM Best Managing Director to Discuss Draft Innovation Criteria at National Council of Insurance Legislators’ Summer Meeting

Subjects
Rating agencies (Securities) -- Innovations, Credit ratings, Financial services, Insurance industry, Insurance companies, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: A.M.Best Company Oldwick, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- Stephen A. Irwin, managing director, credit rating criteria, research and analytics at AM Best, will discuss the [...]

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2019

28. Best’s Special Report: Private Equity Holdings Spike for All Major U.S. Insurance Segments

Subjects
Private equity -- Reports, Venture capital -- Reports, Leveraged buyouts, Investments, Venture capital, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: A.M.Best Company Oldwick, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- Private equity investments by the U.S. life/health and property/casualty industries have risen sharply by approximately 25% over [...]

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2019

29. Chubb to Curb Coal Underwriting and Investment

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Mining industry, Coal fired power plants, Coal industry, Electric power plant construction, Investments, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: David Pilla ZURICH, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- Chubb Ltd. said it will no longer underwrite the construction and operation of new coal-fired plants or [...]

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2019

30. US House Passes Spending Measure to Bar SEC From Enforcing New Broker-Dealer Rules

Subjects
United States. Securities and Exchange Commission -- Government finance -- Political activity, Legislative bills -- Political aspects, Brokers -- Political aspects -- Political activity, Financial services -- Political aspects -- Political activity, Consultants (Persons), Public expenditures, Federal budget (United States), Financial services industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Frank Klimko WASHINGTON, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- The U.S. House passed an appropriations bill to prevent the Securities and Exchange Commission from implementing an [...]

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2019

32. Best's Rating Notification - Mutua de Riesgo Maritimo, Sociedad

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Copyrights, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
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Byline: Rating Division Oldwick, N.J., Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- A.M. Best Company has made the following rating update: Company: Mutua de Riesgo Maritimo, Sociedad AMB [...]

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2019

33. AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Wilton Re Ltd and Its Subsidiaries

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Wilton Re Ltd. -- Securities, Insurance industry -- Securities, Financial analysis, Credit ratings, Company securities, Insurance industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: A.M.Best Company Oldwick, Jul 01, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- AM Best affirmed on June 27, 2019, the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) and the [...]

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2019

34. North Carolina Insurance Regulator Takes Control of Lindberg Firms

Subjects
Southland National Insurance Corp., Insurance industry, Life insurance, Insurance companies, Stockholders, Bankers, Corporate directors, Bribery, Insurance industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Timothy Darragh RALEIGH, N.C., Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- The North Carolina Department of Insurance has taken control of a group of insurance companies whose [...]

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2019

35. UnitedHealth Makes Changes to Top Leadership, Unit CEO Retires

Subjects
UnitedHealth Group Inc. -- Officials and employees, Chief operating officers, Chief executive officers, Health maintenance organizations -- Officials and employees, Drugstores, Technology, Media executives, Retirement benefits, Health, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Frank Klimko MINNETONKA, Minn., Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- UnitedHealth Group Inc. is making changes to its senior leadership, following the retirement of Steve Nelson, [...]

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2019

36. Kentucky Medicaid Insurer Passport Health to Cut 29 Jobs

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Medicaid, Insurance companies, Layoffs, Insurance industry, Company business planning, Company personnel management, Layoff, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Renee Kiriluk-Hill LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- Nonprofit Kentucky Medicaid insurer Passport Health Plan confirmed it is cutting 29 jobs following Passport’s majority [...]

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2019

37. AM Best Removes From Under Review With Developing Implications and Takes Various Credit Rating Actions on Members of HIIG Group

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Financial analysis, Insurance companies, Credit ratings, Insurance industry, Company securities, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: A.M.Best Company Oldwick, Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- AM Best has removed from under review with developing implications and upgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) [...]

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2019

38. Best's Rating Notification - Houston Specialty Insurance Company

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Insurance companies, Insurance industry, Copyrights, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Rating Division Oldwick, N.J., Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- A.M. Best Company has made the following rating update: Company: Houston Specialty Insurance Company AMB Number: [...]

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2019

39. Best's Rating Notification - Oklahoma Specialty Insurance Company

Subjects
Insurance companies, Insurance industry, Copyrights, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Rating Division Oldwick, N.J., Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- A.M. Best Company has made the following rating update: Company: Oklahoma Specialty Insurance Company AMB Number: [...]

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2019

40. Best's Rating Notification - Boston Indemnity Company, Inc

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Copyrights, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Rating Division Oldwick, N.J., Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- A.M. Best Company has made the following rating update: Company: Boston Indemnity Company, Inc. AMB Number: [...]

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2019

41. Best's Rating Notification - Great Midwest Insurance Company

Subjects
Insurance companies, Insurance industry, Copyrights, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Rating Division Oldwick, N.J., Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- A.M. Best Company has made the following rating update: Company: Great Midwest Insurance Company AMB Number: [...]

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2019

42. TIAA Has Stopped Writing New Life Insurance Policies

Subjects
Annuities -- Service discontinuation, Life insurance -- Service discontinuation, News agencies -- Service discontinuation, Insurance policies -- Service discontinuation, Email, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: David Pilla NEW YORK, Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- TIAA said it has stopped writing new life insurance policies, a move one life insurance analyst [...]

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2019

43. Best's Rating Notification - Imperium Insurance Company

Subjects
Insurance companies, Insurance industry, Copyrights, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Rating Division Oldwick, N.J., Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- A.M. Best Company has made the following rating update: Company: Imperium Insurance Company AMB Number: 3758 [...]

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2019

44. Jury’s $44 Million Libel Award Against AIG Unit Raises Troubling Questions for Insurers, Observers Say

Subjects
Lexington Insurance Co., American International Group Inc., Insurance industry, Legal liability, Punitive damages, Insurance companies, Bakeries, Libel and slander, Liability insurance, Litigation, Shoplifting, Damages (Law), Baked goods industry, Insurance industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance, Oberlin College
Abstract

Byline: Frank Klimko ELYRIA, Ohio, Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- A $44 million jury award against a Lexington Insurance Co. policyholder underscores the dilemma insurance companies [...]

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2019

45. Pool Re Communications Officer: Terrorism Coverage Adds Business Interruption, Cyber

Subjects
Terrorism, Terrorism insurance, Public-private sector cooperation, Conferences and conventions, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Meg Green MIAMI, Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- Tracey Paul, chief strategy and communications officer, Pool Re, said prior terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom [...]

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2019

46. Best's Rating Notification - Leaders Life Insurance Company

Subjects
Insurance companies, Insurance industry, Copyrights, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Rating Division Oldwick, N.J., Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- A.M. Best Company has made the following rating update: Company: Leaders Life Insurance Company AMB Number: [...]

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2019

47. Best's Rating Notification - Farm Bureau Mutual Ins Co of Michigan

Subjects
Insurance industry, Agricultural industry, Copyrights, Insurance industry, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Rating Division Oldwick, N.J., Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- A.M. Best Company has made the following rating update: Company: Farm Bureau Mutual Ins Co of [...]

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2019

48. Insurers to Fund Bulk of $34 Million Sex Abuse Settlement in Minnesota

Subjects
Insurance companies, Sexual abuse, Priests, Litigation, Insurance industry, Bankruptcy reorganization, Company financing, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance, Catholic Church. Diocese of New Ulm
Abstract

Byline: Timothy Darragh NEW ULM, Minn., Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- Nearly 100 individuals who were sexually abused by priests in a rural Minnesota Catholic diocese [...]

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2019

49. Best's Rating Notification - Delaware Life Insurance Company

Subjects
Insurance companies, Insurance industry, Copyrights, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: Rating Division Oldwick, N.J., Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- A.M. Best Company has made the following rating update: Company: Delaware Life Insurance Company AMB Number: [...]

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2019

50. W.R. Berkley Creates Commercial Transportation Business

Subjects
W.R. Berkley Corp. -- Officials and employees, Transportation industry -- Officials and employees, Technology, Media executives, Backup software, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance
Abstract

Byline: David Pilla GREENWICH, Conn., Jun 28, 2019, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- W.R. Berkley Corp. said it has formed Berkley Prime Transportation to focus on providing primary commercial [...]

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2019

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