Leadership & Strategy
Insurance Regulators Brace For Technology-Related Issues
Should auto insurers be able to monitor the sleep patterns of their policyholders? The question is not as far-fetched as it seems in a world where carrier creativity and technology advances ...
Chubb Estimates Q2 Cat Losses at $240M
The Chubb Corp. estimates that catastrophe losses in the second quarter will be approximately $240 million before tax, or $156 million after tax ($0.60 per share after tax). The company said that ...
Report: AIG in Talks to Buy Israel’s Clal Insurance
Clal Insurance Enterprise Holdings Ltd. gained the most this month after a report that American International Group Inc. is in talks to buy the Israeli insurer. Bonds of parent IDB Development Corp. ...
Regulators Officially Designate AIG, GE Capital As Systemically Important
American International Group Inc. and General Electric Co.'s finance unit were designated systemically important by U.S. regulators, a ruling the companies had already agreed to accept. The vote by ...Enstar, Stone Point to Acquire Torus Insurance Holdings for $692M
Bermuda-based Enstar Group Ltd., a firm that typically acquires and manages insurance and reinsurance companies in run-off and portfolios of insurance and reinsurance business in run-off, has agreed ...
Commercial Lines Prices Up by 5% Again in June: MarketScout
Increases for commercial property/casualty insurance rates in the United States were again about 5 percent during June, the fourth straight month at that pace. According to the latest composite index ...
S&P to Defend Credit Rating ‘Puffery’ in Case Over Fraud Charges
Standard & Poor's, getting its first shot in open court at U.S. Justice Department claims it should pay as much as $5 billion in civil penalties, will defend itself by arguing reasonable ...