Claims & Reserving
Allstate Estimates More Than $700M in Cat Losses for 2Q So Far
The Allstate Corporation announced $440 million of estimated pre-tax catastrophe losses for the month of May 2014 last week (or $286 million after taxes). The Northbrook, Ill.-based company said 11 ...
Industry Loss Reserve Redundancy Disappearing: Aon Benfield Analysis
According to an analysis published by Aon Benfield, loss reserves held by U.S. property/casualty insurers for commercial lines are deficient by $2.8 billion, with workers compensation coming in ...
Allianz SE’s El-Erian: Fed Policies May Have Produced New Bubble
Investors might be surprised to learn that they have a lot riding on something that they pay very little attention to: macro-prudential regulation, or what central banks and other government agencies ...
U.S. Admits it Erroneously Understated Key Keystone XL Pipeline Stats
The U.S. State Department on Friday corrected several errors it made in a key study evaluating the impact of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, including an understatement of how many people could be ...
Judge Rules Bonus Awards to WTC Cleanup Workers Came Too Soon
A judge acted prematurely in awarding a $55 million bonus payment to thousands of rescue and cleanup workers at the World Trade Center site who settled lawsuits against New YorkCity over damage to ...
Will New CEO Christopher Swift Continue The Hartford’s Current Path?
Who is Christopher Swift? Will he be the CEO that Hartford Financial Services Group needs as it continues its revamp, focusing more heavily on its P/C group and mutual funds divisions in the months ...AIG Mulling Big Expansion of Massive Share Repurchase
American International Group Inc., the largest commercial insurer in the U.S. and Canada, said it may repurchase as much as an additional $2 billion of common stock after selling its aircraft-leasing ...
The Worst Hurricanes Won’t Start Striking Until September, SNL Warns
As far as hurricane season goes, the worst is yet to come, SNL Financial concluded in a recent report. Simply put, while the season officially began on June 1, the worst hurricanes often don't make ...