Leadership & Strategy
Livestock Producers Targeted By New U.S. Farm Law Insurance Plan
A plan in the new U.S. farm law to help dairy farmers limit losses from rising feed costs or falling milk prices may become a model in coming years for livestock producers who have resisted similar ...
Aspen Restates, Expands on ‘Serious Concerns’ With Endurance ‘Proposal’
Three days after adopting a poison pill to fend off a hostile bid from Endurance, Aspen sent a letter to its shareholders Sunday restating concerns it first aired hours after the bid was made public ...
Smarten Up: 7 Steps to Reaching Today’s Insurance Consumers
Personal lines insurance customers are changing. More consumers are bundling home and auto insurance; more than one-third of young adults live with their parents; and drivers are much more open to ...
Lancashire Holdings Founder Richard Brindle to Retire
Lancashire Holdings Ltd. announced Wednesday that Richard Brindle, who has served as CEO of the group since he founded the business in 2005, will be retiring effective April 30. Alex Maloney, ...
Allied World Opens Branch Office in Canada
Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings announced Tuesday that it has opened a branch office in Toronto, Ontario to further expand its North American insurance operations. "Opening an office in Canada ...Travelers CEO Fishman Eyes Potential Foreign Acquisitions
Travelers Cos., which acquired Dominion of Canada General Insurance in 2013 and increased its ownership stake in its joint venture in Brazil in 2012, is likely to continue expanding internationally. ...
RMS Signs on 5 New Catastrophe Modeling Partners
RMS said it inked partnerships with five additional companies in a bid to further diversify catastrophe modeling options for its new cutting-edge system. Financial terms were not disclosed. The ...
Will Validus Remain on Sidelines as Bermuda Consolidates?
With consolidation talk heating up in Bermuda this week, followers of the island market and its acquisition activity over the past decade wonder about the plans of Bermuda's most active acquirer in ...