Investment Officers
AXIS Net Income Plunges, but Reinsurance Results Improve
Net income plunged due to the declining value of its alternative investments, but AXIS Capital Holdings touted solid gains in its reinsurance and insurance segments alike during the 2016 first ...
Trov, an On-Demand Insurance Platform for ‘Insurable Moments’ and Items, Raises $39M
Investors have pledged $39 million for a technology platform that allows consumers to insure their valuable things and turn the coverage on and off whenever they want with swipe of a finger on their ...
Travelers Shares Plunge as Q1 Profit Drops 17 Percent
Travelers Cos., the lone property-casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, said first-quarter profit slipped 17 percent as catastrophe costs climbed and investment income dropped on ...
Willis, Aon and Verisk Agree: Q1 Cat Bonds Hit Record Issuance
There's more evidence that catastrophe bond issuance hit record territory again during Q1. This time, Aon Securities and a division of Willis Towers Watson are making the call, after a Verisk arm did ...
Allied World’s Investment Income, Combined Ratio Spiked Higher in Q1
First, the good news about Allied World's 2016 first quarter: investment income grew by nearly 20 percent. Many other things for Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG, however, were on a ...
Ford’s Auto Partner in China Completes 1,200-Mile Self-Driving Car Test
Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ford Motor Co.'s partner in China, said it completed a 1,200-mile road trip to test a self-driving car as part of its ambitions to produce highly automated vehicles ...
TigerRisk Partners Lures Swiss Re Exec to Help Further ILS Business
TigerRisk Partners is tapping a former Swiss Re executive to help shape and grow its insurance-linked securities business. Philipp Kusche has been appointed partner and global head of ILS and capital ...
Ping An Insurance Grabs $1.6B Stake in Chinese Car Website
Ping An Insurance Group Co., China's second-largest insurer, agreed to buy a 48 percent stake in Chinese car website Autohome Inc. from Telstra Corp. for $1.6 billion, extending a shopping spree by ...