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RSA Insurance to Sell Central, Eastern European Assets: Report
RSA Insurance Group Plc, the British insurer looking to raise capital, is planning the sale of assets in central and eastern Europe, according to three people familiar with the plan. RSA is close to ...
FSOC Scrutinizing Buffett’s Berkshire for Systemic Risk Potential
Regulators are starting to scrutinize Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to determine whether it is important enough to the financial system to require Federal Reserve supervision, according to ...Lower Disaster Claims, Higher Prices Boost Travelers’ Q4 Profit
Travelers Cos., the property/casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, said fourth-quarter profit more than tripled as claims costs from natural disasters fell a year after Superstorm ...
CEOs Upbeat on Economy But Worried About Weak Markets, Over-Regulation
Business leaders gathering for their annual high-profile networking forum in Davos are feeling a bit better about their companies' prospects and a lot more so about the broader economic outlook. But ...
SCOR’s Kessler is 2014 Insurance Hall of Fame Inductee, IIS Says
The International Insurance Society (IIS) has announced Denis Kessler, chairman and CEO of SCOR, as the 2014 Insurance Hall of Fame inductee. The Insurance Hall of Fame award honors insurance leaders ...
Expect Nothing ‘Radical’ in 2014 for Reinsurance Prices: Allianz Re CEO
Property and casualty reinsurance rates, which fell in seven of the last 10 years, probably won't rebound in 2014, the head of Allianz SE's reinsurance arm said. "Last year's catastrophe activity was ...
New York AG Bureau to Target Financial Industry Crimes
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has created a new bureau to prosecute large-scale financial crimes. The newly formed Criminal Enforcement and Financial Crimes Bureau will "ferret out the ...
P/C Insurance Execs Expect TRIA Renewal, But Split on Workers Comp Profits
While more than 90 percent of property/casualty insurance industry executives say they expect renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, the jury is out on whether commercial lines profits will ...