Investment Officers
Willis Group Closes Purchase of IFG Financial Businesses in Ireland
Willis Group Holdings completed its acquisition of a number of Irish pension and financial advisory businesses from IFG Group for an undisclosed price. The deal went through subsidiary Willis ...Hartford’s CFO: Update on Talcott Drawdown Coming in Feb. 2015
Hartford Financial Services Group will update shareholders in February 2015 about next steps in the continuing drawdown of its Talcott Resolution division, the company's life runoff annuity ...
Uber Insurer James River Jumps Into Junk-Rated Loans
The insurer that ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc. uses to protect drivers and passengers is going public, promoting how it's more willing than competitors to invest in junk-rated loans. ...
Marsh & McLennan Division to Grab Investment Management Firm
Marsh & McLennan Cos., the largest insurance broker by market value, agreed to buy SCM Strategic Capital Management AG as its Mercer unit expands in alternative investments. SCM, which oversees ...
Risker P/C Industry Investments Likely as Returns Taper Off: Conning
The property/casualty insurance industry could very well see pricing taper into negative territory in 2015. Faced with that reality, plus low interest rates, companies may find them selves forced to ...
Top 10 Insurance Asset Managers Revealed; Market Forces Heighten Competition
Prior to the climactic year of 2008, insurance investment outsourcing had already been growing in a healthy fashion, but the financial crisis and ensuing developments have prompted greater sharing of ...
Britain’s Legal & General Group: Corporate Bulk Annuities Soar in 2014
Legal & General Group Plc's shares gained in London trading after the insurer said 2014 will be a record year for its corporate bulk annuities business, mitigating a 61 percent slump in sales to ...
Fairfax’s Watsa Says Deflation ‘In the Air’
Prem Watsa is betting on U.S. government debt at his Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. to guard against deflation amid stagnation in European economies and slumps in commodity prices and Chinese real ...