Investment Officers
Liberty Mutual Places Australian Coal Project on Hold, Seeking Alternatives
U.S. insurer Liberty Mutual will not be filing an environmental impact assessment for a coal project in Australia, it said on Friday, missing a deadline as it weighs alternatives for the proposed ...
Insurers Will Boost Private Equity Investments, Scale Back Hedge Fund Focus
Insurers want to put more money into private equity this year while scaling back on hedge funds, a survey by Goldman Sachs Asset Management showed on Wednesday. Private equity was the most-favored ...
Executives On The Move at Hippo, Chubb and Buckle
Hippo hired four new executives in its legal department who will help the company hit the public markets through a reverse merger transaction announced in March. Chubb appointed a rising executive ...
Liberty Mutual, Starr Join Bitcoin Investment Firm’s $100M Funding Round
Liberty Mutual and Starr Insurance Companies are among property/casualty carriers who joined a $100 million funding round for NYDIG, a technology and financial services firm focused on bitcoin. The ...
UN Sustainable Investment Group Reviewing Liberty Mutual Membership Over Coal Mine Controversy
UNPRI, a United Nations-backed network that promotes sustainable investment, is reviewing the status of Liberty Mutual as a signatory after receiving a complaint that the U.S. insurer is backing a ...
Catastrophe Bonds: The Next Frontier for Socially Responsible Investing
Catastrophe bonds are being hailed as the next frontier for socially responsible investing. Such debt, which insures against natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and pandemics, is ...
Zurich Insurance Deepens Climate Change Strategy
Zurich Insurance Group said it will be taking further, deeper steps to help curb carbon emissions in line with the Paris Agreement's goals to limit global warming. Targets will include its own ...
U.S. COVID Herd Immunity Is Possible by Mid-Summer: Oliver Wyman
The U.S. will reach herd immunity threshold when more than 71% of the U.S. population has been exposed to COVID or effectively vaccinated against it, most likely by mid-summer, says a management ...