Investment Officers
XL Group, Stone Point Capital Form Joint Investment Manager
XL Group and private equity firm Stone Point Capital LLC announced the formation of a new Bermuda-based company to act as an investment manager in insurance-linked securities and other reinsurance ...
ILS Issuance Just Short Of Record For Second-Quarter 2013; Is Casualty Next?
Tallies of catastrophe bond issues for the first-half have been coming in from reinsurers and brokers over the last two weeks, with the numbers all suggesting that 2013 could be a record year of ...
Casualty ILS: The Time Has Come
The accelerating convergence of insurance and reinsurance with capital markets and the resulting effect on the traditional insurance and reinsurance business model have topped the insurance news ...
Deal Drought Raises The Pressure On Private Equity
Buyout firms have a record level of expiring funds this year, raising the prospect that many will have to ask investors for more time to do deals or not use the money at all. Advisory firm Triago ...
U.S. SEC Says As Red Flags Waved, SAC’s Cohen Waved Them
"Failure to supervise" is not the sort of charge that typically grabs Wall Street's attention. Unless the target is one of the world's best-known hedge fund managers. In an order on Friday, the U.S. ...
Master Limited Partnerships: Energized Investment Income For Insurance Companies
Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are an attractive way for property/casualty insurance companies to participate in the strong fundamental trends occurring in the U.S. energy sector. A majority of ...AIG to Merge Japanese Units Fuji Fire, AIU
American International Group Inc., the insurer that repaid a U.S. government bailout last year, announced plans to merge two insurance units in Japan. AIU Insurance Co. and Fuji Fire & Marine ...
UK Fraud Prosecutor Charges Two Brokers In LIBOR Probe
Britain's fraud prosecutor on Monday charged two former brokers at interdealer broker RP Martin with rigging LIBOR benchmark interest rates, broadening the scope of the investigation into the scandal ...