Posts by Hometown Insurance
Carnival Puts Miami Headquarters Up for Sale as Florida Real Estate Soars
Carnival Corp. has listed for sale its sprawling headquarters on the outskirts of Miami, seeking to cash in on real estate the cruise giant has owned for roughly three decades. The company is now looking to downsize to about 300,000 …
Read More People Moves: Carpenter’s Global Specialties Unit Taps Partner Re’s Chu for Credit, Bond & Political Risk Team
Carpenter’s Global Specialties Unit Taps Partner Re’s Chu for Credit, Bond & Political Risk Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance business of Marsh McLennan, announced the appointment of Richard Chu as managing director, Credit, Bond & Political Risk, Global Specialties. Effective immediately, …
Read More People Moves: Miller Promoted to Lloyd’s Americas CEO as Watkins Exits
Lloyd’s said Dawn Miller has been named chief commercial officer and CEO of Lloyd’s Americas. Miller, who joined Lloyd’s in 2022 and oversees its global network as commercial director, will assume her expanded role on Sept. 1, based in New …
Read More Vintage Ferrari Owners’ Favorite Mechanic Charged With Theft, Fraud
Few mechanics post photos of themselves on Venetian canals, brag about buying $30,000 artworks or frequent the George V Hotel in Paris and Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. But this was the life Donnie Callaway portrayed via social media to …
Read More US Wildfires Are Getting Bigger and More Complex, Prompting Changes in Firefighting
It’s shaping up to be a long wildfire season, with Texas already seeing its largest blaze in recorded history and firefighters becoming overwhelmed with recent blazes in Virginia. Just in the first three months of the year, more than 2,669 …
Read More Insurers Norfolk & Dedham of Massachusetts and Union Mutual of Vermont to Affiliate
Massachusetts-based Norfolk & Dedham (N&D) and Union Mutual in Vermont, property/casualty insurers with a combined 350 years in the business in the Northeast, announced they intend to affiliate, subject to regulatory approval. The combined group will write personal and commercial …
Read More Global Election Super-Cycle Raises Risk of Political Violence, Large Insurance Losses
Almost half the world’s population will go to the polls before the end of 2024, which raises the threat of political violence and possible large insurance losses, according to Allianz Commercial in a new report. An unprecedented “super-cycle” of elections …
Read More EU Parliament Approves Law to Slash Trucks’ Carbon Footprint
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to pass a law to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from trucks, which will require most new heavy-duty vehicles sold in the EU from 2040 to be emissions-free. The law will enforce a 90% cut …
Read More Ping An Insurance’s Delayed Trust Repayment Shows Lingering Property Woes
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co.’s trust business delayed repayment on a property-linked investment product, showing how the financial giant’s asset-management operations are still reeling from China’s prolonged real estate downturn. Ping An Trust apologized on Wednesday to its customers for …
Read More Tech Updates: Sayata Risk Engine Flags High-Risk Accounts With AI; Canopy Connect and Hawksoft Launch Integration to Eliminate Data Entry for Agents
Sayata Unveils AI-Powered Risk Engine That Flags High-Risk Accounts Sayata has launched the Sayata Risk Engine, an AI-powered platform that uses sophisticated AI to flag specific high-risk accounts expected to drive up loss ratios. Sayata’s Risk Engine’s SmartExtrapolation technology uses …
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