Investment Officers
Generali to Sell Off Wealth, Services Units for $476M
Assicurazioni Generali SpA agreed to sell wealth-management and service units in Ireland and Guernsey for 409 million euros ($476 million), pushing the Italian insurer above its target for ...
NAIC Alert Forcing Insurance Companies to Rethink Cash Strategy
Diversification just became a little more difficult for insurance companies thanks to a correction of an unintentional error on the part of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). ...
Every insurer evaluating property risk today is running the same math: more perils, more models, more data sources, and not...
Top Sovereign Funds Met in Paris to Map Out Climate-Friendly Strategy
Sovereign wealth funds managing more than $2 trillion are to lay out a strategy on Friday in Paris to pressure companies to be more climate-friendly, French officials said. President Emmanuel Macron, ...
XL Catlin’s VC Arm Leads $16.5M Financing for Israeli Maritime Risk Analytics Firm
XL Catlin's venture capital arm is the lead investor in a $16.5 million financing for Windward, a maritime risk analytics firm based in Israel. XL Innovate led the Series C financing, though previous ...
Investment in Personal Injury Lawsuits With 20 Percent Returns: New Soros Strategy
The billionaire George Soros has found a new way to make money from personal-injury lawsuits. Soros Fund Management is pushing into a branch of litigation finance that few hedge funds have entered. ...
10 Ways Insurers Make Significant Economic and Social Impacts: I.I.I.
Insurers, more than just protecting against financial loss, are key ingredients for economic growth and community preservation, the Insurance Information Institute argues in a new white paper. ...
P/C Insurers, Reinsurers Face Earnings Volatility Due to New Accounting Requirement: Fitch Ratings
Many insurers and reinsurers are facing some earnings volatility in 2018 due to a change in accounting requirements for equity securities, Fitch Ratings said in new market commentary. According to ...
Swiss Re Loses SoftBank as Potential Investor, but Would Welcome Another
Swiss Re AG said it would continue to welcome an anchor investor after Masayoshi Son's SoftBank Group Corp. ended its pursuit of a stake in the world's second-largest reinsurer. The collapsed talks ...