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The Top P/C M&A Deals in 2015 (So Far)
ACE Ltd. shocked the industry with news earlier in July that it would pay $28 billion in cash and stock for Chubb Corp., an industry rival. But it's only the latest in a series of M&A moves in ...
U.S. P/C Net Income Rises 31% in Q1: ISO and PCI Report
Private U.S. property/casualty insurers collectively generated growth, higher net income and an improved combined ratio in the 2015 first quarter, ISO and the Property Casualty Insurers Association ...
PartnerRe, AXIS Improve Merger Terms in Advance of Shareholder Vote
PartnerRe and AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. have released sweetened terms of their merger deal intended to entice shareholders in advance of their Aug. 7 vote on the matter. The package includes an ...
QBE NA Selling Lender-Placed Biz to National General Holdings
On Wednesday, National General Holdings Corp. added another potential deal to a list of a growing list of acquisitions, announced that it has reached an agreement to buy the lender-placed Insurance ...
Munich Re: Global Insured Cat Losses in H1 Land Below Long-Term Average
Overall losses and insured losses from natural catastrophes during the first half of 2015 were below long-term average values, according to a review of global natural catastrophes issued by Munich ...
Warren Buffett Could Gain From Efforts to Weaken New Train Safety Rule
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is set to be a chief beneficiary of a bid by Senate Republicans to weaken new regulations to improve train safety in the $2.8 billion crude-by-rail industry, a key ...
‘Clean’ Audit Reports Have Hidden Warnings That Investors Miss
Investors may be overlooking information about financial misstatement risk in unqualified audit reports, according to research from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at ...
Report: AXIS, PartnerRe May Sweeten Their $6.2B Merger Agreement
Reinsurers AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd and PartnerRe Ltd are considering tweaking their $6.2 billion merger agreement in a bid to fend off a $6.8 billion offer for PartnerRe by EXOR SpA, people ...