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EXOR Turns to SEC, Bermuda Lawsuit in Pursuit of PartnerRe
PartnerRe may be moving ahead on merger plans with AXIS Capital Holdings, but upstart bidder EXOR isn't going away quietly. The Italian investment firm disclosed that it is suing in a Bermuda court ...
Climate Change Not Yet Boosting Atlantic Hurricane Activity: Karen Clark & Co.
Climate change may be ongoing, but it doesn't seem to have any measurable effect so far on North Atlantic hurricanes that drive cat market losses. The future, however, could be much more risky. ...
Insurers to FAA: Include Us In Your Commercial Drone Initiative
The FAA's new partnership with industry to explore the use of commercial drones in newsgathering, agricultural and railroad industries is drawing a cautiously optimistic reaction from the P/C ...
Allstate CEO Wilson Pledges Continued Esurance Ad Support
Esurance remains unprofitable for Allstate, four years after it snatched up the online auto and home insurance provider for $1 billion. At the same time, CEO Thomas Wilson remains optimistic about ...
$1.8B Endurance/Montpelier Re Merger Up For July Shareholder Vote
Shareholders with both Endurance Specialty Holdings and Montpelier Re Holdings will likely vote on their planned $1.8 billion merger in early July, Endurance Chairman and CEO John Charman said during ...
AXIS and EXOR Escalate Their Fight For PartnerRe
Plans for AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and PartnerRe to merge are getting even more complicated, as they affirm their plans to combine and a rival bidder shows no sign of giving up. Both companies ...
The Hartford’s CEO Sees Tech Investment Spurring ‘Faster Growth’
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. will continue to invest in technology and software in the months ahead as a part of its growth strategy, Chairman and CEO Christopher Swift said. "We are ...
Can Karen Clark Move Forward the Cat Modeling Industry She Helped Create?
Karen Clark scored a bonafide first when she launched catastrophe modeling company Applied Insurance Research (AIR) in 1987. With a focus on computer simulations, it was the only operation of its ...