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Industry Execs See Reinsurance Market Woes Continuing
The worst reinsurance market in memory looks set to carry into 2015, industry executives said. An absence of costly disasters and increasing competition from new entrants dragged on prices this year, ...AIG’s Chairman Says Leadership Change Follows Strategic Victory
The leadership transition at insurer American International Group Inc. is like switching generals after winning a war, Chairman Steve Miller said today. "We're changing generals as we move from ...
SEC Launches Tower Group Investigation
Tower Group International's situation has taken another turn for the worse, with news that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is now investigating the struggling Bermuda insurer and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Munich Re to Snatch Up Australian Commercial Underwriter
Munich Re will team up with an Australian broker network to snatch up a commercial underwriter in that country and much of its business. The transaction is a bit complex. Munich Re, in its ...