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Top Policy Expert’s Ties To Giant Drugmaker Often Go Unstated

Father’s And Son’s Injuries Lead To The Mother Of All Therapy Bills

Generali to increase stake in Indian insurance ventures

Italian insurance company Generali Group has agreed to increase its stake in its insurance ventures in India to 49% from 25.5%.

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Gawande’s Goal Is Providing The ‘Right’ Health Care In New Venture By 3 Firms

MS Amlin to use Cytora’s AI underwriting technology

MS Amlin is deploying Cytora's artificial intelligence underwriting technology to improve and help automate underwriting decisions across its commercial property portfolio.

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AIG Life to buy Ellipse from Munich Re

AIG Life, a UK subsidiary of AIG Life & Retirement, has agreed to acquire Ellipse, an insurer that provides group risk insurance, from Munich Re.

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Doling Out Pain Pills Post-Surgery: An Ingrown Toenail Not The Same As A Bypass

ADIA to buy 21.4% stake in specialist UK insurer from J.C. Flowers

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has agreed to acquire up to 21.4% stake in Pension Insurance Corporation Group from J.C. Flowers.

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Insurance blockchain alliance B3i chooses Corda as preferred platform

B3i, the Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative, has selected R3’s Corda blockchain platform to build its future applications and business networks.

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LCCG to acquire Equitable Life for £1.8bn

European life assurance group Life Company Consolidation Group (LCCG) has agreed to acquire Equitable Life Assurance Society (Equitable Life) for £1.8bn.

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Ethos secures $11.5m financing to build life insurance company

Life insurance company Ethos has secured $11.5m in financing led by Sequoia Capital along with Stanford University, Arrive, a subsidiary of Roc Nation, Robert Downey Jr.'s Downey Ventures, Kevin Durant's Durant Company, Will Smith's Smith Family Circle, and a credit facility from Silicon Valley Bank.

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ING, AXA partner to build digital insurance platform

Dutch multinational banking and financial services firm ING has partnered with French insurer AXA to build a global insurance platform.

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That ‘Living Will’ You Signed? At The ER, It Could Be Open To Interpretation.

M&G Prudential extends partnership with TCS

M&G Prudential and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have extended their agreement, under which TCS will manage an additional of 1.8 million customer policies in a $668m deal.

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How America Got Hooked On A Deadly Drug

AXA chooses SecurityScorecard to reduce risk in cyber insurance

French insurance giant AXA has selected SecurityScorecard to provide security ratings as part of the underwriting process for its cybersecurity business.

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Integro Group closes acquisition of Tysers

Insurance brokerage and speciality risk management firm Integro Group Holdings has completed the acquisition of Hawkes Bay Holdings (HBH), the privately-owned principal parent company of Tyser & Co (Tysers), a Lloyd’s broker.

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Arthur J. Gallagher acquires stake in Hesse & Partner AG and Hesse Consulting

Arthur J. Gallagher has acquired a majority stake in Zurich, Switzerland-based Hesse & Partner AG and Hesse Consulting.

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Medicare Takes Aim At Boomerang Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Patients

Lloyds Bank sells stake in Standard Life Aberdeen for £344m

Lloyds Banking Group has sold its remaining 3.3% stake in Standard Life Aberdeen for £344m.

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Lincoln Financial offers online chat capabilities to service policies

Lincoln Financial Group is offering online chat capabilities to service policies.

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Athene closes reinsurance transaction with Voya Financial

Athene has completed its transaction with Voya Financial to reinsure about $19bn of fixed and fixed indexed annuity liabilities.

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In Health Care Arena, The Prize For Calif. Insurance Commissioner Is A Bullhorn

Outsiders Swoop In Vowing To Rescue Rural Hospitals Short On Hope — And Money

Everest Insurance launches ZERO 2.0 real-time sharing platform

Everest Re Group has released ZERO 2.0, a real-time sharing platform that empowers employees to be active members of their company’s safety program.

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German insurer selects Moody’s Analytics modeling technology

German insurer Provinzial NordWest has selected Moody’s Analytics modeling technology for actuarial valuations and investment analysis.

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