Leadership & Strategy
Allianz To Pimco: Now Is The Time To Prove Yourself
German insurer Allianz has called on its California-based asset manager, Pimco, to prove itself after investors withdrew a further 22 billion euros ($30 billion) in the first quarter, denting group ...
Troubled Tower Ends Relationship with PwC; Fitch Announces Downgrade, Rating Withdrawal
Tower Group International has fired PricewaterhouseCoopers as its accounting firm, six months after announcing it would restate previously filed financial statements for 2011 and 2012 due to ...
Brit PLC Grabs QBE’s Aviation Business After Solid Quarter
Brit PLC, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer focused on property, casualty and energy, will snatch up QBE Underwriting Ltd.'s renewal rights to its London-based Lloyd's Aviation Business. ...Understanding Coface’s Ratings
Credit insurer Coface analyzes the risk of default on short-term trading transactions for companies operating in 160 different countries. These Country Risk assessments result in ratings on a ...
WSJ: Two AIG Execs In the Lead To Become CEO
AIG's heads of property casualty and life-insurance/retirement appear to be the two leading candidates to become the conglomerate's next CEO. As The Wall Street Journal reported, current CEO Robert ...
A.M. Best Slashes Tower’s Financial Strength Ratings
Bad news for Tower Group International and its subsidiaries: A.M. Best has downgraded the insurer's financial strength ratings, as the carrier works through the steps of a planned merger with ACP Re. ...
Endurance to Continue Push for Aspen Deal; First Strategic Combo Since ACE-CIGNA, CEO Says
Executives at Endurance Specialty Holdings said they will continue to try to engage Aspen Insurance Holdings in negotiations related to Endurance's bid to acquire Aspen—a dialogue that Endurance ...
Swiss Re Turns to Former Regulator As Its Latest CRO
Swiss Re is bringing in former financial market-regulator and former executive at the company as its new chief risk officer. The reinsurance giant disclosed on May 7 that Patrick Raaflaub will take ...