CFO / Financial
Deal Drought Raises The Pressure On Private Equity
Buyout firms have a record level of expiring funds this year, raising the prospect that many will have to ask investors for more time to do deals or not use the money at all. Advisory firm Triago ...
G-SII Designations Might Fuel Restructurings: S&P
New requirements that will be imposed on insurers that the Group of 20's Financial Stability Board has designated to be global systemically important insurers may motivate G-SII restructurings down ...
Master Limited Partnerships: Energized Investment Income For Insurance Companies
Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are an attractive way for property/casualty insurance companies to participate in the strong fundamental trends occurring in the U.S. energy sector. A majority of ...
Nasdaq Forum Website Hacked, Passwords Compromised
Cyber-criminals targeted Nasdaq OMX Group's community forum website and gained access to the email usernames and passwords of the members of the site, which took two days to come back online on ...
Allstate Selling Lincoln Benefit Life to London Group for $600M
Clive Cowdery, who earned a fortune cutting deals that consolidated the U.K. life insurance industry, is making a foray into the U.S. by buying a business from Allstate Corp. for $600 million (394 ...
Ward’s Top 50 Nearly 10 CR Points Better Than Industry; Four Newcomers
For more than two decades, the names GEICO, RLI Insurance Company and USAA Group have appeared on an annual list of 50 top property/casualty insurance performers, and four new names joined the ranks ...
NC Residual Market Prepped For Storms With $500M In Cat Bonds, HO Rate Hikes
North Carolina's two residual homeowners insurance markets have jointly issued $500 million in pre-event catastrophe bonds to ensure they have enough money on hand to quickly pay claims following ...QBE North America Names Dziadzio CFO
Richard Dziadzio has been appointed chief financial officer for QBE North America. Dziadzio, who has 25 years experience in the international insurance and finance sectors, will assume his new role ...