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New Zurich CEO Greco Rallies Troops with Call for Clear Strategy
Zurich Insurance Group AG needs a clear and simple strategy to rebuild investor confidence as the company tries to turn around its struggling general insurance unit, said Mario Greco, the firm's new ...
Buffett’s Gen Re to Close Several Global Locations in Reorganization Move
Gen Re, one of the giant reinsurance businesses at Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said it's exiting property-casualty operations at six smaller locations amid a global reorganization. The ...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Expands to Europe; Lloyd’s Vet to Help Lead
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is expanding into Europe, and two men – veteran executives from Lloyd's and Marsh – will lead the effort. Plans call for BHSI to operate in Europe as part ...
The Hartford CEO Swift to Become Next AIA Chairman
The Hartford Chairman and CEO Christopher Swift is taking on a primary leadership role with one of the property/casualty industry's main lobbying groups. Swift is slated to become chairman of the ...
Executives On The Move at Ironshore, Liberty Mutual, Selective, and More
Ironshore International added a new underwriting manager to help build up its terrorism coverage in Asia Pacific. Selective Insurance's CFO is retiring. Liberty Mutual and Sompo Canopius AG promoted ...
SCOTUS Rejects AIG Bid to Recoup Foreign Tax Credits
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected bids by three companies to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign tax credits denied by the Internal Revenue Service as the tax agency tries to ...
American Financial Wants 49% of National Interstate Corp. for $293M
Insurance holding company American Financial Group wants to snatch up the rest of National Interstate Corp. that its subsidiary doesn't already own in a proposed $293 million deal. The ownership ...
Watch This Video: How P/C Insurers Plan to Use Predictive Analytics
Two years from now, property/casualty insurers will be using predictive analytics in a much wider assortment of ways than they do now. A Willis Towers Watson survey found that expected jumps in ...