Investment Officers
Travelers’ Q4 Profit Jumps Nearly 9 Percent; High Private Equity Returns Helped
Travelers Cos., the only property-casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, said fourth-quarter profit jumped 8.9 percent as investment income improved and the company recorded a gain ...
Bankers Worry UK PM Is Underestimating Time Needed for Proper Brexit
Global banks, already accelerating plans to pull back from London as Brexit looms, are increasingly concerned that Prime Minister Theresa May is underestimating the time they'll need to adjust to the ...
Davos Report Calls for Businesses to ‘Unlock’ $12 Trillion in Opportunities
Companies could unlock at least $12 trillion in market opportunities by 2030 and create up to 380 million jobs by implementing a few key development goals, according to a study by a group including ...
Allstate’s New Investor Group Seeks to Boost Returns for Alternative Investment Portfolio
Allstate is gearing up for 2017 with six new executives it hired to help boost returns and widen the reach of its alternative investment portfolio. They will pursue what the insurer refers to as ...
Reinsurance Capacity Still Outpacing Demand Growth
Capacity continues to outpace the growth of reinsurance demand despite insurers' continued efforts to optimize their view of reinsurance as capital and expand into growing lines of business and ...
Jan. 1 Reinsurance Renewal Price Drops Moderate: Guy Carpenter
Once again, Jan. 1 reinsurance renewals are indicating pricing declines, but the trend has moderated somewhat. Property catastrophe pricing fell 3.7 percent at Jan. 1, according to the Guy Carpenter ...
2016 Cat Bond Issuance Nears 2015 Levels, Drops From 2014 Heights
A strong fourth-quarter rally helped make 2016 catastrophe bond issuance only slightly lower than the year before, according to the Property Claims Services unit of Verisk Insurance Solutions. But ...