CFO / Financial
Beazley/Munich Re Start Selling Broad Cyber Cover for Large Global Companies
Beazley will link up with a unit of Munich Re to roll out broad cyber protection for the world's largest companies, with a focus on digital assets and IT infrastructure. Plans call for Beazley, the ...
Ironshore Acquires Remainder of Tennessee Surety Bond Specialist
Ironshore Inc. is diving deeper into the surety market with plans to buy up the remaining 80 percent of an insurance holding company specializing in surety bonds that it doesn't already own. The ...
European Insurance Industry Fintech Upgrades Threaten Thousands of Jobs
The rush is on to replace people with software in Europe's insurance industry as cost cutting and automation become increasingly crucial to bolstering earnings. Zurich Insurance Group AG is ...
M&A Deals Fuel Continued Surge in Transactional Risk Insurance: Marsh
M&A deals spurred a double-digit jump in the use of transactional risk insurance in 2015 as players on both sides sought to limit risk and improve deal terms, Marsh has found. Marsh's mergers and ...
Allianz Will Unload South Korea Life Operations onto China’s Anbang Insurance
Anbang Insurance Group Co., which walked away from a bid to acquire Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. last week, has agreed to buy Allianz SE's operations in South Korea. The Chinese ...
Swiss Re Expects Catastrophe Reinsurance Prices to Keep Falling
Reinsurance prices will continue to fall this year as competition for customers from hedge funds and other sources of alternative capital send premiums to their lowest in four years, according to ...
All M&A Deals Have Culture Divides to Address: BCG Report
The idea that cultural differences can spoil a merger or acquisition deal isn't new, but according to M&A consultants at The Boston Consulting Group, cultural differences often show up ...
Cat Bond Q1 Issuance Hit $2B, a New Record
Catastrophe bond issuance hit $2 billion during the first three months of 2016, making it the most active first quarter in market history, according to the latest report from the Property Claim ...