Investment Officers
Insurers’ Returns on European Infrastructure Eroded by Bank Competition
The return of banks into the European infrastructure market is denting insurers' ability to enhance their investment returns by funding the roads, bridges and wind farms of tomorrow. European ...
A.M. Best’s 2016 Forecast for Global Reinsurers: Negative
As A.M. Best sees it, the global reinsurance sector will continue to have a negative outlook heading into 2016. The reason, according to its latest briefing: major market challenges "that will hinder ...
The Latest Launches from ACE Group and Liberty Mutual
ACE Group sees opportunity in the UK and Ireland with D&O coverage targeted to charities and non-profits; Liberty Mutual launched a new division focused on schools, municipalities and other ...
AIG Will Buy Back Another $3B in Stock, as Icahn Pressure Continues
American International Group Inc., the insurer pressured by activist investor Carl Icahn to boost returns, announced a plan to repurchase another $3 billion of shares. The move lifts to $4.3 billion ...
Some European Bond Investors Risk $1 Trillion Liability
Another year, another thing for investors in Europe to worry about. The Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, part of the regulatory changes since the 2008 financial crisis, comes fully into force ...
Famed Banking Analyst Whitney Takes Role at Arch Capital
Running a hedge fund didn't work out for Meredith Whitney, once one of the most famous banking analysts in the U.S. So she's starting fresh at a Bermuda-based insurer. Whitney has begun at Arch ...
Peer-to-Peer Insurance Startup Attracts Funding from Silicon Valley’s Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital, a California venture firm better known for funding technology or industry game-changers including Apple, Cisco and YouTube, has put its money behind a property/casualty insurance ...
Allianz’s PIMCO Attracts Bernancke, Ex-British PM to Advisory Board
The bond investing firm Pacific Investment Management Co on Monday named two former central bank chiefs and a former British prime minister to sit on a new board to advise on economic, political and ...