Underwriting
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Debuts Professional Liability Coverage For U.S. Bankers
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is rolling out professional liability insurance for bankers in the U.S. The new coverage, dubbed Professional First Bankers Professional Liability Insurance, ...
AXIS Sees Q2 Income Drop, Driven by Investment Declines & Marine Losses
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. said its net income dropped during the 2015 second quarter versus a year ago, becoming the latest carrier adversely affected, in part, by a drop in investment income. High ...
Cash Will be King if Zurich Insurance Buys RSA
Zurich Insurance Group AG said any offer for RSA Insurance Group will probably be in cash. Wednesday's statement from Zurich means "there's a very high likelihood that it will come through with an ...
AIR Worldwide Updates Earthquake Models for South America
Catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide announced that it has updated its earthquake models for South America to include liquefaction and tsunami risks, as well as to enable the analysis of high-value ...
How AIG Is Using Cyber Intelligence to Protect Property from Cyber Attacks
A three-hour shutdown of the New York Stock Exchange on the same day that a network failure halted all United Airlines flights in the U.S. had people across the country thinking one thing: cyber ...
Google, Amazon, 12 Others Working on Drone-Traffic Control Solution
Google Inc., the company that brought order to the Internet, has set its sights on doing the same for the flocks of commercial drones expected to someday clog the skies. The search-engine pioneer is ...
Zurich Insurance Confirms Possible Bid For Rival RSA
Cash-rich Zurich Insurance is weighing a bid for British rival RSA Insurance Group which could top $8 billion and be the latest industry tie-up amid toughening regulations. The impending launch of ...
PartnerRe, M&A Focused, Suffers Large Investment Losses in Q2
PartnerRe has enough on its plate juggling a proposed merger with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and an unsolicited bid from the Italian investment firm EXOR SpA. Now there is a sizable second-quarter ...