Underwriting
P/C Insurance Commercial Rates Dropped 4 Percent in January
Rates for commercial property/casualty insurance fell 4 percent in the first month of the new year, continuing a downward trend that is unlikely to halt anytime soon, according to Richard Kerr, CEO ...
Insurers Kept Their Faith in Allianz’s PIMCO During Transition
While investors pulled funds from Pacific Investment Management Co. in the wake of co-founder Bill Gross's departure, yield-hungry insurance companies kept faith with the company. "Last year the ...
France’s AXA Invests $85M in Africa-Based Online Insurance Seller
AXA SA plans to invest 75 million euros ($84 million) in Africa Internet Group, the Nigerian owner of online businesses including retailer Jumia, as France's biggest insurer extends its product ...
Russia Raid Appears to Have Disrupted Cyber Crime Ring
Russian authorities in November raided offices associated with a Moscow film distribution and production company as part of a crackdown on one of the world's most notorious financial hacking ...
The Hanover Sees Dip in Q4 Net Income; OneBeacon Ends Year in Black
A competitive and challenging market left The Hanover Insurance Group with lower net income and net premiums written in 2015. OneBeacon Insurance Group also saw lower net premiums written, after ...
Visa, MasterCard Caught in China’s Expanded Curb on Insurance Purchases
The Chinese crackdown on the flow of funds into insurance products in Hong Kong has been extended to global credit-card firms Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. Domestic banks that issue the two ...
A Year-End Assessment of Allstate’s Esurance
Allstate's Esurance continued its path of slow, steady improvement in the final months of 2015. The online auto and home insurance provider booked a 107 combined ratio for the 2015 fourth quarter, ...
W.R. Berkley CEO: M&A Fallout Creates Window to Lure Promising Talent
Property/casualty mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations in recent months are creating opportunities to snatch up promising employees and make market inroads, W.R. Berkley Corp.'s CEO said. ...