Investment Officers
Allianz Profit Climbs, $3.2B Share Buyback to Come
Allianz SE reported a 23 percent increase in fourth-quarter net income and announced its first-ever share buyback as Europe's biggest insurer makes good on a promise to return excess cash to ...
Chinese Insurance Regulator Warns Against Reckless Offshore Investment: Report
A senior Chinese insurance regulator warned against the industry's reckless overseas investment, saying some insurers behaved recklessly when it came to offshore acquisitions, the official Securities ...
W.R Berkley’s Q4 Produced Both Higher Investment Income and Cat Losses
W.R. Berkley's 2016 fourth quarter was a productive one despite higher catastrophe losses, with soaring investment income and a steady increase in premiums. The insurer reported nearly $153 million ...
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 ...