CFO / Financial
A.M. Best Clarifies Stance on AXIS-PartnerRe Deal
While characterizing their opinion as neither an endorsement nor a recommendation of the proposed merger of AXIS Capital and PartnerRe, rating analysts from A.M. Best clarified that their stance on ...
Too Much Capital, Too Little Return
Finding attractive investment opportunities is a familiar challenge in a world of low to negative yields, tight spreads and high equity prices. In this year's Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) ...
Sizing Up the P/C M&A Landscape; Analyst Wary of ‘Industrial’ Buyers
A fixed income analyst specializing in the property/casualty insurance sector is growing uncomfortable with a potential trend he sees developing in the M&A landscape—interest in insurance ...
Hit by ‘Nigerian Prince’-Style Scam? Beazley Launches Coverage for That
Beazley has a new coverage endorsement addressing fraud that happens when a company is convinced to transfer funds to an outside party due to criminal impersonation. The specialist insurer said the ...
Long-Term Stability of Reinsurance Market Questioned
The reinsurance market is moving from coverage of acts of God to one that covers commoditized risks – an evolution that could have long-term implications for market stability and trading ...
KPMG’s Hay on Innovation
This article is part of our insurance innovators interview series. Laura Hay, National Insurance Sector Leader, KPMG LLP Q1: In your view, what has been the greatest innovation in the P/C insurance ...
PwC’s Rao on Innovation
This article is part of our insurance innovators interview series. Anand Rao, Principal, PwC U.S. Advisory Practice Q1: In your view, what has been the greatest innovation in the P/C insurance ...
Once Again, Leading Asset Managers Reject Global Risk Reduction Rules
The world's multi-trillion dollar asset management industry has presented a united front to reject proposals aimed at mitigating risks in the sector, even after they were revised by regulators. The ...