Underwriting
Deal Struck to Begin Brexit Divorce Negotiations
The U.K. and the European Union struck a deal to unlock divorce negotiations, opening the way for talks on what businesses are keenest to nail down -- the nature of the post-Brexit future. The deal, ...
Navigation Apps May be Steering L.A. Drivers Toward Fires
Navigation apps like Alphabet Inc.'s Waze, which can do wonders directing drivers through traffic, backfired for some motorists trying to maneuver around the wildfires that are raging across Southern ...
2018 Prediction: U.S. P/C Industry Will Take Time to Recover From 2017 Catastrophes
Property/casualty insurers in the U.S. will rebound in 2018 from the late-2017 onslaught of hurricanes and wildfires, but it will take a while to return to "significant underwriting profits," Fitch ...
XL Group Estimates $250M in Q4 Losses: Calif. Wildfires to Blame
XL Group disclosed preliminary natural catastrophe pre-tax loss estimates of approximately $250 million for the 2017 fourth quarter, stemming largely from wildfires in Northern California. The parent ...
Wildfires Halt L.A. Filming, Threaten Crops, Hammer Major Utility’s Market Value
Wildfires raging across Southern California have shut a major commuter artery in Los Angeles, suspended filming, wiped out more than $3 billion of market value for regional utility Edison ...
Global Warming Could Be Much Worse Than Expected: Study
World temperatures could rise 15 percent more than expected this century, obliging governments to make deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming, scientists said on Wednesday. ...
Claims Firm Sedgwick Will Acquire Rival Firm Cunningham Lindsey
Global claims firm Sedgwick Claims Management Services will acquire Cunningham Lindsey, another global loss adjusting and claims management firm. Neither side disclosed financial terms. CVC Capital ...
Insurance/Reinsurance Rate Hikes in 2018 Are Increasingly Likely: Morgan Stanley
Rate hikes are on the way for reinsurers and insurers, Morgan Stanley asserts in a new research note, echoing predictions of others in the wake of record catastrophe losses for 2017. Morgan Stanley ...