Strategy
Willis: IT Costs Trump Cyber Concerns For Financial Services Firms
Rising costs for information technology infrastructure pose greater concerns for financial services firms than regulation or cyber attacks, a survey showed on Monday. IT costs came second only to ...
GEICO Expands Ridesharing Coverage Into Texas Market
GEICO is entering the Texas insurance market with its ridesharing policy that covers drivers on and off the job, part of a state-by-state rollout that will eventually go national. The auto insurer ...
Philadelphia Insurance Acquires New York Accident & Health MGA
Philadelphia Insurance Companies is acquiring a managing general agent for group accident & health insurance, a deal that gives it new platform from which to sell its core offerings. The ...
Marsh Sees Directors and Officers Risking Cyber Attack Liability
Directors and officers need to be certain of their responsibilities relating to the prevention or management of a cyber event, or else they run the risk of being held personally liable should an ...
Willis Expands in Asia With Taiwan Acquisition
Willis Group Holdings Plc will snatch up a broker in Taiwan, nearly doubling the size of its existing business in the country. Acquiring Elite Risk Services Limited of Taiwan will also give Willis ...
Third Point Re CEO Berger Warns New Reinsurers Will Be ‘Increasingly Difficult’ to Form
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., co-founded by hedge-fund manager Dan Loeb, said the company is positioned to withstand competition from other investment firms because the industry isn't as easy to ...
Zurich Names Its Head of Alternative Investments as CIO
Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland's biggest insurer, appointed Urban Angehrn chief investment officer in a management reshuffle. Angehrn, head of alternative investments, replaces Cecilia Reyes, ...
AIG Narrows Focus With Deal to Sell Taiwan Consumer Insurer
American International Group Inc., the largest commercial insurer in the U.S. and Canada, agreed to sell a consumer operation in Taiwan as Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock narrows the company's ...