Underwriting
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Sells Fox Shares, Boosts American Airlines Stake
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Monday said it added to its sizable investments in American Airlines Group Inc and Southwest Airlines Co, and shed its stake in Twenty-First Century Fox ...
AIG Shareholders Have Yet to See Post-Bailout Financial Gains
Since its 2008 bailout, American International Group Inc. has delivered paydays for investment bankers, Warren Buffett and even departing executives. Shareholders? Not so much. AIG shares have lost ...
As Global Ransomware Attack Slows, the Search Is on for Hackers, Motive
The global WannaCry ransomware cyber attack slowed on Monday, with no major infections reported, as global law enforcement agencies shifted their attention to finding the hackers who unleashed it. ...
New AIG CEO Brian Duperreault: ‘I Didn’t Come Here to Break the Company Up’
New American International Group President and CEO Brian Duperreault began his first full day on the job publicly repudiating the idea of splitting the struggling insurer into pieces and simply ...
Hamilton USA Worth About $110M to AIG; Macia Will Remain as CEO After Sale
American International Group's plan to acquire Hamilton USA is worth about $110 million, and its existing leader will remain in place once the deal goes through. The purchase price amounts to ...
AIG, Hamilton, Two Sigma Sign Agreement to Expand Data-Driven Underwriting
American International Group, Hamilton Insurance and an independent affiliate of Two Sigma Investments signed a multifaceted agreement with an eye on boosting their use of data-driven underwriting on ...
Berkshire’s biBERK Still ‘Very Small’ But Online Small Biz Customers Doubling
It has been decades since anyone thought of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., or even its insurance operations, as "very, very small." But that's how a senior executive describes biBERK, a ...
Bermuda Insurers, Reinsurers Hammered by Ogden Rate Change, More Natural Catastrophe Losses
A big change in the Ogden rate and higher natural catastrophe losses are dampening a wide range of Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer results in the 2017 first quarter, Standard & Poor's said in ...