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Endurance’s Earnings Call Includes Barely a Mention of Failed M&A Deal
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. Chairman and CEO John Charman barely addressed the company's three-month, failed attempted to buy Bermuda reinsurance rival Aspen Insurance Holdings during a 2014 ...
AIG’s CEO Passes the Torch; His Successor Pledges Continuity
American International Group President and CEO Robert Benmosche got a bit sentimental about the company's post-financial crisis turnaround during his last investor earnings call on Aug. 5. He also ...
Lloyd’s, AIG Executives Added to Federal Insurance Advisory Committee
Top executives from Lloyd's of London, AIG, Prudential Financial Inc. Marsh & McClennan Companies and General Re Corp. are among 21 new appointees to the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance. ...
RenaissanceRe’s Leader Sticks to Strategy in Tough Market
You hear it everywhere at this point: The reinsurance market has been softening for some time and shows no sign of reversal. But the CEO of RenaissanceRe Holdings sees his company, despite the ...
Re Results Blot W.R. Berkley’s Otherwise Soaring Financials
On the surface, at least, W.R. Berkley Corp.'s 2014 second quarter reflects a stellar array of gains in everything from gross and net premiums written to net income, operating income and improved ...
XL CEO: Distinctive Offerings, Historic Relationships Buffer Re Business
Simply put, XL Group's 2014 second quarter was both tough and solid. The property/casualty and specialty insurer and reinsurer said it lost more than $279.2 million during the period, about $1.03 per ...
Validus CEO: Malaysia Crash Will ‘Have Implications’ For Aviation, War Markets
Validus Holdings Ltd. Chairman and CEO Ed Noonan said that the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 after a missile shot it down over the Ukraine earlier this month will likely "have implications" ...
Analyst: Reinsurance M&A Winds Are Increasing
Shareholders from Aspen Insurance Holdings have a July 25 deadline to vote on a number of governance proposals that could boost Endurance Specialty Holdings' prospects for acquiring the Bermuda ...