Underwriting
The Hartford’s P/C Profits Deteriorate in Q1
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the insurer that sold life units to focus on property-casualty coverage, said first-quarter profit fell 5.7 percent as results deteriorated at P&C units. ...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Jumps Into Australia Market
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company is moving into the Australian market. Executives launched operations for the insurer in Sydney. BHSI will offer property, casualty, financial lines and ...
RMS, AIR Worldwide Tally Catastrophic Damages From Nepal Earthquake
RMS and AIR Worldwide have issued early damage assessments from the catastrophic Nepal earthquake on April 25, pointing to huge fatalities and historic levels of damage to property and the economy. ...
Nepal Quake Kills Thousands; Hopes For Finding Survivors Fade
Hopes for finding survivors trapped under rubble began to fade 48 hours after Nepal's worst earthquake in decades even as rescuers ferried scores of climbers trapped on Mount Everest to safety. ...
Catastrophe Losses Dented Chubb’s Q1 Net Income
Severe U.S. winter weather left Chubb Corp. with higher catastrophe expenses in its 2015 first quarter, a major factor that dampened net income. But CEO John Finnegan framed the overall results as ...
AIG Expands in Bulgaria With Debut of New Support Center
American International Group continued its expansion in Central Europe with the opening of a new support facility in Bulgaria. The new Shared Services Center is designed to support AIG's insurance ...
Beating the M&A Trend, Aspen is Thriving (So Far) On Its Own
As consolidation in the reinsurance industry accelerates, Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. offers a study in contrasts. The Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer fought off an aggressive takeover bid ...
Swiss Re Exec Reports: There’s a Perfect Storm Brewing
There's an irony in the term "perfect storm" that insurers understand better than anyone. Not only do we help policyholders recover from them, but we may be in for one of our own. Like shifting winds ...