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Election Uncertainties Prompt Fairfax’s Watsa to Dump U.S. Treasuries
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., the Canadian holding company run by value investor Prem Watsa, sold almost all of its long-dated U.S. Treasuries amid global uncertainty, including the outcome of the ...
Aspen CEO Opinion: Blue Marble Launches in White Space
According to the World Bank, 12.7 percent of the population earns below $1.90 per day. This segment of the population is underserved and it has been estimated that insurance coverage could extend to ...
Why a Five-Hour Workday May Make Sense
The American workforce has become lazy. I estimate, conservatively, that knowledge workers are four times as efficient as they were 20 years ago. That's why I moved my company to a five-hour workday ...
Allstate’s Catastrophe Losses Climb 78 Percent
Catastrophe losses climbed 78 percent for Allstate in its 2016 third quarter, a trend that led to a double-digit drop in net income and higher losses for Esurance, its online auto and home insurance ...
AIG’s Mixed Results Lead to Stock Drop, Wall Street Skepticism
American International Group Inc.'s assurances of underwriting progress are drawing increased skepticism from Wall Street analysts after another disappointing quarter. Results from international ...
UK Court Rules Brexit Can’t Start Without Parliamentary Vote
The U.K. must hold a vote in Parliament before starting the two-year countdown to Brexit, a panel of London judges decided, setting up a constitutional confrontation at the country's Supreme Court ...
AIG Turns a Q3 Profit, but Commercial Combined Ratio Hits 105.3
American International Group Inc, the largest commercial insurer in the United States and Canada, reported a net income versus a loss last year, when tumultuous markets gutted returns from its ...
Markel’s Combined Ratio Soars Due Partly to Medical Malpractice Troubles
Markel Corp. saw its net income plunge during the 2016 third quarter and its combined ratio soar by 10 points versus the previous year. The insurer blamed, in part, "unfavorable development" in its ...