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China’s Buffett at Fosun Looks to Fund Acquisition Spree with Share Sales
A $1.2 billion share sale by Fosun International Ltd. this month was likely only the start of a love affair with equity deals, bankers say, as the Chinese conglomerate seeks to cut reliance on debt ...
Guiding Insurance Professionals on NAIC’s New Cybersecurity Principles
In the wake of some of the largest insurance company data breaches, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has followed on the heels of the Securities and Exchange Commission and has ...
Low Interest Rates ‘Quite Harmful’ to Insurers: Blackrock CEO
Lowering interest rates around the world to boost the global economy has reached a point where it is now "quite harmful" to clients, including pension funds and insurers, BlackRock Inc. Chairman and ...
Navigating Insurance Ratings: Fitch Unveils New Visualization Tool
Market position, capitalization, reserve adequacy and catastrophe risk management are among the factors that rating agency analysts consider when developing insurance financial strength (IFS) ratings ...
Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg at 90: ‘You Got to Fight’
Maurice "Hank" Greenberg spent some of his 90th birthday party like he's spent much of the past decade: angry. As he addressed his family at a lunch at a private estate this month, one of his sons ...
P/C Insurer Net Income Over $55B for 2014: ISO/PCI Report
Net income for U.S. property/casualty insurers totaled $55.5 billion after taxes last year, coming as little surprise to experts who had forecast a $50-billion-plus result early this year. In early ...
AXA Chief Outlines Climate Strategy
AXA Chairman and CEO Henri de Castries spoke at Climate Finance Day on May 22 in Paris. The following are his remarks in which he discusses what climate change means for the insurance industry as ...
Executives Can’t Switch Off, Even on Vacation
Half of executives responding to a recent survey said they check into the office several times a day when they're on vacation, and two-thirds have entirely canceled or postponed vacation plans ...