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Liberty Mutual to Enter Mexico with Purchase of Surety Company
Liberty Mutual Insurance said it will acquire Mexican surety company Primero Fianzas from Grupo Valores Operativos Monterrey, a private investor group. The company said the acquisition will enable ...
Insurance Store-in-a-Box Kiosks Launched by Tennessee’s Direct Auto
Kiosks allowing customers to purchase auto insurance policies in as little as five minutes are popping up in insurance offices in Tennessee, previewing a larger rollout that will put them in ...
Towers Watson Completes Sale of Reinsurance Business for $250M
Towers Watson & Co. said Wednesday that it has completed the sale of its reinsurance brokerage business to Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group PLC for $250 million but plans to continue working with its ...
AIG Earnings Show Progress and Room for Improvement: Analysts
American International Group Inc. reported earnings nearly in line with expectations on Thursday, but the stock fell after hours as analysts still saw room for improvement in the insurer, which ...
MetLife May Challenge If Designated Systemically Important
MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, said it will weigh challenging any designation as a systemically important financial institution after smaller rival Prudential Financial Inc. abandoned ...
Liberty Mutual Q3 Profit Up 3.4% to $481M; Core Underwriting Results Improved
Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Inc. reported net income of $481 million for its 2013 third quarter, a 3.4 percent jump from $465 million profit reported one year ago, reflecting improved core ...
Zurich Insurance ‘Confident’ About Reaching Improved Profitability Target
Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland's biggest insurer, said it is still "confident" its non-life unit can improve a profitability target with cost cutting after it announced in August it may miss ...
Swiss Re Sees Emerging Market Infrastructure Construction Boosting Premiums
Swiss Re Ltd., the world's second- biggest reinsurer, estimates $43 trillion in infrastructure investments related to urbanization in emerging markets through 2030 may translate into $68 billion in ...