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Lloyd’s, XL Catlin, Munich Re Among Lemonade’s Reinsurance Backers
Peer-to-peer insurance startup Lemonade said it has signed on several global reinsurers, including Lloyd's of London, XL Catlin and Berkshire Hathaway's National Indemnity. Everest Re, Hiscox and ...
Insurers Kept Their Faith in Allianz’s PIMCO During Transition
While investors pulled funds from Pacific Investment Management Co. in the wake of co-founder Bill Gross's departure, yield-hungry insurance companies kept faith with the company. "Last year the ...
Visa, MasterCard Caught in China’s Expanded Curb on Insurance Purchases
The Chinese crackdown on the flow of funds into insurance products in Hong Kong has been extended to global credit-card firms Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. Domestic banks that issue the two ...
AXIS Surges in Premiums Written, but Net Income Declines
For AXIS Capital Holdings, Ltd., the 2015 fourth quarter represented a last-minute surge of sorts. After an otherwise down year in terms of gross and net written premiums, both spiked higher in Q4, ...
XL Catlin Will Disclose Q4 Earnings as Owner of Entertainment Specialty Insurer
XL Catlin has closed its purchase of Allied International Holdings, nearly six months after the planned acquisition was first announced in August. The deal for the U.S.-based specialty insurer of ...
Icahn, Dissatisfied with AIG’s Actions, Makes His Next Move
Carl Icahn, the activist investor calling for a breakup of American International Group Inc., said the alternative plan presented last week by the insurer's chief executive officer was inadequate and ...
Insurance Industry M&A Set to Surge: Willis Towers Watson
Insurance industry M&A activity will intensify, rather than dissipate, over the next few years, according to a Willis Towers Watson survey of senior insurance executives. Approximately 82 percent ...
Insurers in California Face Mandate to Disclose Coal Company Holdings
California's insurance commissioner on Monday asked all insurance companies doing business in the state to voluntarily divest from coal companies and said he will also require insurance companies to ...