Underwriting
What’s Next for Zurich and AIG; Commercial Insurance Appetites Explained
Executives of Zurich Insurance Group and American International Group separately updated shareholders on transformation initiatives reshaping their businesses in November—with each saying they plan ...
D&O Liabilities Are Becoming More Complex Around the Globe: Allianz Report
Company directors and senior managers across the globe are increasingly likely to face costly regulatory investigations, criminal prosecutions or civil litigation, which not only put their company's ...
Insurer Acquirers in M&A Deals See Their Stock Price Soar, Eventually
Mergers and acquisitions have consistently lifted the share price of insurers who pursued the practice, though it takes some patience for the phenomenon to happen. Acquirers have outperformed their ...
Brexit Solution? UK Might Pay EU to Keep Single Market Access
The U.K. would consider making contributions to the European Union to secure the best possible access for trade in the bloc's single market, Brexit Secretary David Davis said. Davis said Thursday his ...
Super-Rich Clients Need Single Policy for Multiple, Global Properties: AIG
The super-rich, dubbed "ultra-high-net-worth" by property/casualty insurers, arguably have unique coverage needs. One of the more unusual turns out to be this: multinational coverage to address home ...
Is Uber an App or Transport Company? EU Judges to Decide
Fifteen judges at the European Union's top court are trying to decide, once and for all, whether Uber Technologies Inc. is an app or a transport company. The question has long vexed regulators and ...U.S. P/C Insurers’ 2017 Prospects Earn Negative Sector Outlook From Fitch
The U.S. property/casualty insurance sector faces enough obstacles heading into 2017—everything from heavy competitive pricing to weaker profitability—that Fitch Ratings changed its fundamental ...
Actuaries Climate Index, RMS Peru Earthquake Model Ready for Market
RMS and a group of actuarial societies each rolled out new products designed to respectively help measure risks related to earthquake and weather events. In RMS's case, the catastrophe modeling firm ...