Underwriting
Berkshire Hathaway’s Q3 Profit Gains Spanned Insurance and Everything Else
Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the conglomerate run by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Saturday said its quarterly operating profit doubled as its insurance business dodged hurricanes and benefited from ...
Cities Vulnerable to Climate Change Are Still Getting Their AAA Bond Ratings
Last fall, after a trio of deadly hurricanes, ratings companies warned vulnerable coastal cities to get ready for climate change -- or face higher borrowing costs on the $3.9 trillion municipal bond ...
AIG CEO Duperreault Cautions Initial 2019 Underwriting Profit Won’t Be ‘A Great One’
American International Group has continued to face General Insurance underwriting losses since President and CEO Brian Duperreault took the helm of the struggling insurer in mid-2017. He remains ...
Liberty Mutual’s Q3 Net Income a Robust $282M, Thanks to Fewer Catastrophes
Liberty Mutual and its subsidiaries reported net income of $282 million and $1.911 billion for the three and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2018 versus net loss attributable of $665 million and $188 ...
Progress Made on Plan to Give London’s Financial Industry Post-Brexit, Basic Access to EU
The United Kingdom and the European Union have made progress on a deal to give London's dominant financial center basic access to EU markets after Brexit, two British officials said, but no agreement ...
QBE Creates Three Global Units in Structural Revamp; Exec Teams Named
QBE announced changes to its structure, designed to further simplify its operations and build a more streamlined, agile and customer-oriented business. Following the underwriting remediation in Asia, ...
AIG Loses Money Again, With Natural Disaster Costs to Blame
Catastrophe losses in Japan and North America pushed American International Group to a net loss of $1.3 billion for the third quarter of 2018 compared to a net loss of $1.7 billion in the prior-year ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb and Next Insurance
Chubb has started using its digital platform to sell insurance products for the small commercial market. Next Insurance now markets a general contractor insurance policy for small businesses.
For RenRe CEO O’Donnell, Acquiring Tokio Millennium Re Is All About Independence
RenaissanceRe's planned $1.5 billion purchase of Tokio Millennium Re (TMR) reinforces its strategy of being an independent reinsurer, according to Kevin O'Donnell, president and CEO of RenRe. "The ...