CFO / Financial
Insurers Could Gain from Learning More About ‘Cat Bond Lite’
"Cat bond lite" transactions are enjoying a big growth spurt, and a new industry report said insurers and reinsurers stand to gain by becoming more familiar with how they work. "The rapid growth in ...
Willis, Aon and Verisk Agree: Q1 Cat Bonds Hit Record Issuance
There's more evidence that catastrophe bond issuance hit record territory again during Q1. This time, Aon Securities and a division of Willis Towers Watson are making the call, after a Verisk arm did ...
Allied World’s Investment Income, Combined Ratio Spiked Higher in Q1
First, the good news about Allied World's 2016 first quarter: investment income grew by nearly 20 percent. Many other things for Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG, however, were on a ...
Catastrophe Exposure Grows with Selective Use of Alternative Capital: A.M. Best
Insurers in the London, Europe and Bermuda markets writing catastrophe-exposed business take a different approach to retention of risk at the 1-in-100-year return level in comparison to the ...
White Mountains Closes $2.6B Sale of Reinsurer Sirius to China Minsheng Investment
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. completed its $2.6 billion sale of Sirius International Insurance Group to a division of China Minsheng Investment Corp. Ltd., nine months after the deal with ...
Unethical Behavior Tolerated for Workers Who Produce Results
Your coworker wastes time. He mismanages resources. He's been known to engage in activities that you and others consider conflicts of interest. Yet, he seems to "do no wrong" in the eyes of the ...
CFOs Reveal Wackiest Expense Report Submittals; What to Do About Them
If you're a CFO who has been doing a double-take at some of the expense reimbursement requests submitted for your approval, you're not alone. Only 11 percent of executives reported a drop in ...
RIMS 2016: Sea Level Rise Will Be Worse and Come Sooner
Think sea level rise will be moderate and something we can all plan for? Think again. Sea levels could rise by much more than originally anticipated, and much faster, according to new data being ...