Leadership & Strategy
China Insurers Market “Naughty Child” Coverage and Other Innovations
Your child throws a tantrum and smashes something? Take out "naughty child insurance". Similarly, buy cover against your bride becoming pregnant before the honeymoon, your team being knocked out of ...
Donegal Group CEO Goes on Medical Leave
The CEO of insurance holding company Donegal Group Inc. (DGI) is taking a temporary leave of absence due to medical reasons. DGI did not detail Donald Nikolaus' specific medical issues. But the ...
Regional, Specialty Insurer Analysis: Broader Focus Enhances Profitability
Insurers focusing their business on a single state or coverage line experienced decent levels of premium growth in recent years, but they also recorded higher combined ratios than diversified ...
The Netherlands’ SNS Reaal: Global Interest in Insurance Operations Sale
SNS Reaal, the Dutch financial services group nationalized last year, said international and domestic parties had expressed interest in its insurance operations which will go up for sale in ...
Which Nonbank Financial Firms Will Face More Regulatory Oversight?
The U.S. systemic risk council will meet on Sept. 4 to discuss naming nonbank financial firms for tougher regulatory oversight, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday. The Financial Stability ...
JLT to Merge With Lloyd & Partners, Pursue U.S. Specialty Expansion
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT) caught merger fever again. The provider of insurance, reinsurance and employ benefits-related advice and services said it would merge one of its divisions with ...
Asia Ripe For Reinsurance Expansion, Fitch Says
Softening premium rates in Asia and the market's broad potential for growth is spurring a regional spike in demand for reinsurance, Fitch Ratings has concluded in a new report. What's more, that ...
USAA Names New CEO From Within
USAA, the insurance and financial services giant, has named a longtime internal executive with experience running its property/casualty arm as its next CEO. Stuart Parker becomes USAA's new chief ...