Strategy
Greek Economic Turmoil May Kill Munich Re Unit’s Acquisition Plan
Munich Re's Ergo Insurance unit may cancel its planned 90.1 million-euro ($100 million) acquisition of Greece's ATE Insurance SA if the country doesn't return to stability. "Depending upon how the ...
ACE Doubles Terrorism, Political Violence and War Insurance Capacity
ACE Ltd., which recently announced a $28.3 billion deal to acquire The Chubb Group, is doubling its terrorism, political violence and war insurance capacity. The plan is for ACE to boost its ...
Report: AXIS, PartnerRe May Sweeten Their $6.2B Merger Agreement
Reinsurers AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd and PartnerRe Ltd are considering tweaking their $6.2 billion merger agreement in a bid to fend off a $6.8 billion offer for PartnerRe by EXOR SpA, people ...
Munich Re America Teaming Up With Robotics Firm on Autonomous Vehicle Feasibility Study
Munich Reinsurance America announced Wednesday that it is teaming up with Comet, a developer of ground mobile robotics pilot projects, to conduct a feasibility study focused on autonomous vehicle ...
A Surprising Way to Achieve Price Competitiveness
How can a company liberate itself from the death spiral of product commoditization? Competing on price is generally a losing proposition—and a very exhausting way to run a business. But when a ...
EXOR Plans to Promote from Within For PartnerRe CEO; Revises Deal Terms
John Elkann, who is offering $6.8 billion for a company that doesn't have a permanent chief executive officer, plans to find a leader internally at PartnerRe Ltd. if he wins the bidding for the ...
EXOR Deal Better for PartnerRe Than AXIS, Says Former CEO Thiele
PartnerRe Ltd.'s former Chief Executive Officer Patrick Thiele said the reinsurer's shareholders should vote against a planned merger with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and called the cash offer from ...
The Uberization of Insurance and Pac-Man
Much has been written about innovation in the insurance industry as well as Google's Compare, USAA's recent participation in Compare, Liberty Mutual's venture with Nest, big data, etc. What is really ...