Boardroom Agenda
China’s Ping An Insurance Will Sell $2.1B Stake in Auto Services Portal
Financial conglomerate Ping An Insurance Group of China is seeking to offload its 44% stake in auto services portal Autohome , three people familiar with the situation told Reuters. Ping An, which is ...
AIG CEO Zaffino Urges Insurers to Plan for More Climate Change-Related Catastrophe Losses
AIG President and CEO Peter Zaffino urged the insurance industry to acknowledge that more frequent and severe catastrophe losses are likely here to stay, and plan accordingly. "We've never seen ...
Allianz Predicts Record Profit for 2021, Will Set Aside Money for U.S. Fund Investigation
Allianz nudged its forecast for record profit in 2021 even higher on Wednesday after a bumper third quarter while it tries to work out how much money it may need to set aside for a U.S. investigation ...
InsurTech Lemonade Will Acquire Metromile in Acceleration of Auto Insurance Growth Plans
Digital insurer Lemonade plans to acquire pay-per-mile auto insurance startup Metromile in an all-stock transaction as it aggressively continues expansion plans. With the M&A agreement, the New ...
AXIS Enacts Policy to Ensure Diverse Supplier Networks for Its Operations
AXIS Capital Holdings is enacting a policy designed to ensure a more diverse base for its supplier networks. The Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer said its new Supplier Diversity Policy ...
AIG Closes Sale of Life & Retirement Unit Stake to Blackstone
Part of American International Group's plans to spin off part of its Life & Retirement business have come to fruition. AIG and Blackstone said they have closed on a previously announced agreement ...
U.S. Insurers Hear Demands to Use Social and Environmental Issues in Decision-Making
U.S. insurers are increasingly listening to demands from stakeholders that they use social and environmental factors in their decision-making, according to a new AM Best survey. The ratings entity ...
Deal Revival: EXOR (Again) Agrees to Sell PartnerRe to Covea for $9B
The Agnelli family's EXOR NV agreed to sell its PartnerRe reinsurance unit to France's Covéa for $9 billion, reviving a transaction that collapsed at the onset of the pandemic last year. Talks broke ...