Underwriting
Ford’s Auto Partner in China Completes 1,200-Mile Self-Driving Car Test
Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ford Motor Co.'s partner in China, said it completed a 1,200-mile road trip to test a self-driving car as part of its ambitions to produce highly automated vehicles ...
Judge Clears PIMCO to Sue AIG Over Subprime Mortgage Losses
A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for Pacific Investment Management Co to pursue a California lawsuit accusing American International Group Inc of causing big losses by lying about its ...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds NFL’s $765M Concussion Settlement
The National Football League's $765 million concussion settlement may not be perfect, but it's fair, a federal appeals court said. The decision sets in motion the resolution of thousands of lawsuits ...
XL Catlin Exec Joins UN Effort to Bring Insurance Concepts Into Global Disaster Planning
XL Catlin Executive Deputy Chairman Stephen Catlin is among the business and political leaders spearheading a global effort to make insurance more sustainable in the face of growing climate risks and ...
Tip for Auto Insurers: Personality Traits Linked to Distracted Driving Behavior
Extraverted older adults and conscientious, curious teens may be more likely to engage in risky driving behavior, while agreeable teens are less likely to drive distracted, according to new research ...
White Mountains Closes $2.6B Sale of Reinsurer Sirius to China Minsheng Investment
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. completed its $2.6 billion sale of Sirius International Insurance Group to a division of China Minsheng Investment Corp. Ltd., nine months after the deal with ...
TigerRisk Partners Lures Swiss Re Exec to Help Further ILS Business
TigerRisk Partners is tapping a former Swiss Re executive to help shape and grow its insurance-linked securities business. Philipp Kusche has been appointed partner and global head of ILS and capital ...
Obama Administration Unveils New Offshore Oil Well Safety Rules
The Obama administration last Thursday unveiled new oil well control rules to prevent the kind of blowout that happened six years ago on a BP Plc rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The Interior Department's ...