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A Year-End Assessment of Allstate’s Esurance
Allstate's Esurance continued its path of slow, steady improvement in the final months of 2015. The online auto and home insurance provider booked a 107 combined ratio for the 2015 fourth quarter, ...
W.R. Berkley CEO: M&A Fallout Creates Window to Lure Promising Talent
Property/casualty mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations in recent months are creating opportunities to snatch up promising employees and make market inroads, W.R. Berkley Corp.'s CEO said. ...
Beazley CEO Cautions Robust 2015 Profit Levels Are Not Sustainable
Beazley Plc Chief Executive Officer Andrew Horton said the company's return on equity of 19 percent in 2015 isn't sustainable against a backdrop of increased competition and falling insurance rates. ...
XL Catlin Ends 2015 on Firmer, Post-Merger Solid Ground
The creation of XL Catlin in mid-2015 through a $4 billion deal put in place significant new scale and market reach for the combined insurer and reinsurer. With that in mind, parent XL Group's Q4 and ...
AXIS Surges in Premiums Written, but Net Income Declines
For AXIS Capital Holdings, Ltd., the 2015 fourth quarter represented a last-minute surge of sorts. After an otherwise down year in terms of gross and net written premiums, both spiked higher in Q4, ...
Zurich Insurance Ready to Shrink Some Businesses: Risk Chief
Zurich Insurance Group AG is "prepared to shrink" some of its businesses after being caught off guard by the scale of claims it had to absorb last year, according to Cecilia Reyes, the company's ...
YouTube Videos: the Latest P/C Insurance Millennial Recruiting Weapons
The start of February means the launch of Insurance Careers Month, a combined push by industry groups and executives to attract more millennials to the sector. Their opening salvo: YouTube videos. ...
Icahn, Dissatisfied with AIG’s Actions, Makes His Next Move
Carl Icahn, the activist investor calling for a breakup of American International Group Inc., said the alternative plan presented last week by the insurer's chief executive officer was inadequate and ...