Content from Susanne Sclafane
Catlin’s Merger Driver: ‘A Duty of Care’
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A VINTAGE CARRIER MANAGEMENT ARTICLE FROM 2015 The unexpected combination of XL Group and Catlin came after two years of trust-building communication between the leaders of the ...
Cyber Risk Insurers Lag in Buying Cyber Cover
As recently as two years ago, only half of the top 10 carriers writing cyber insurance had purchased cyber coverage themselves, a broker specialist said recently. During an interview at the Standard ...
How They Stack Up: Analysis of Chubb’s Future Position in P/C Product Lines
Just a little over six months ago, ACE announced a deal to acquire the high-net-worth personal lines business of Fireman's Fund from Allianz, competing against Chubb, which holds the leading position ...
ACE-Chubb $28.3B Deal Took Just ‘Weeks’ to Put Together: Greenberg
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A VINTAGE CARRIER MANAGEMENT ARTICLE FROM 2015 "We are first and foremost builders. Insurance is a long-term business. We are patient," said ACE Chair and Chief Executive Officer ...
Sizing Up the P/C M&A Landscape; Analyst Wary of ‘Industrial’ Buyers
A fixed income analyst specializing in the property/casualty insurance sector is growing uncomfortable with a potential trend he sees developing in the M&A landscape—interest in insurance ...
Steering Wheels, Brakes Gone From Driverless Cars: Google’s Cerf
When Google started reporting accident statistics for its driverless cars in May, the technology giant learned something important that it has incorporated in the second iteration of its vehicles, ...
Inside the Minds of Insurance Innovators
Executives of property/casualty insurance companies are not always eager to share their ideas. Words ranging from "proprietary" to "secret sauce" are usually spoken as their representatives politely ...
A.M. Best Updates Capital Model Progress
With the rollout of a new capital model set for second-quarter 2016, A.M. Best analysts have made a key decision concerning a statistical metric they will use to calculate risk charges—a decision ...