Underwriting
Strong Euro and Spanish Storms Batter MAPFRE’s Earnings
MAPFRE SA, Spain's biggest insurer, said first-quarter earnings fell 17 percent as the euro's strength limited growth in premiums and winter storm claims weighed on profit in its home market. Net ...
Marsh: Global Property Insurance Rates Drop in Q1
Heavy competition, plus plenty of capacity and very few major events combined to drive global property insurance rates down lower in the 2014 first quarter, a new Marsh report concluded. Marsh's ...
XL Group’s McGavick: Life Re Biz Sale Took Years of Planning
XL Group concluded its 2014 first quarter with some encouraging results. But it seemed like all CEO Mike McGavick wanted to talk about at first, during the company's May 2 earnings call, was the ...
Berkshire Hathaway Delivers In a Weaker Stock Market
A ho-hum stock market so far this year may be just what Berkshire Hathaway shareholders needed. As they gather this week at the sprawling conglomerate's annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, and rub ...WSJ: Were Risks of a Catastrophic Landslide in Washington Ignored?
County officials have said that they weren't aware of a 15-year-old report that warned about the risks of a catastrophic landslide in their Washington state region. But in the wake of a March 22 ...
Chubb Survey: Execs Worry About Overseas Expansion Risks
As U.S. and Canadian businesses plan to expand their business overseas this year, their executives are worried about supply chain failures, data breaches and political instability, according to a ...
Munich Re CEO Blames Capital Mkt Interest Rates For Profit Hit
Munich Re' s net profit fell in the first quarter, its chief executive on Wednesday, hit by low capital market interest rates that continue to weigh on investment income at the world's largest ...
Validus Looking to Grow in U.S. Insurance Market, CEO Says
The chief executive officer of Validus Holdings said that there are growth opportunities for the group's insurance operations in the United States, at a time when growth for the Bermuda reinsurance ...