Strategy
Former Zurich Insurance Exec Joins Berkshire Hathaway Specialty’s Singapore Team
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance continues to build its Singapore executive team, this time with a new hire from Zurich Insurance Group. Min Ong will serve as Asia Regional Head of Energy and ...
Amlin Sets Sights on Latin American Growth With New Miami Beachhead
Amlin Plc, a Lloyd's of London insurer and reinsurer, is the latest carrier to expand its focus on Latin America by way of Miami. The new Amlin office had a soft launch last October and formally ...
Insurers Slow to Maximize Big Data Potential Despite Importance: Fitch Ratings
Big data will become increasingly important to insurer profitability in multiple ways in the coming years, and the industry is starting to comprehend its potential. But carriers have been slow to ...
P/C M&A Worth More Now and Expanding in Scope: Deloitte and Assured Research
M&A activity in the property/casualty industry is increasing in deal value and will likely expand from reinsurers to primary carriers, according to two new industry reports. Deloitte said that ...
HCC Specialty Forms Strategic Alliance With Weather Analytics
Specialty insurance underwriter HCC Specialty has formed a new strategic alliance with Maryland-based Weather Analytics, an innovative provider of precision climate and weather data and analytics. ...
AIG Drawn to Indonesia Shariah Insurance Growth
Indonesia's Islamic insurance industry is expanding three times as fast as Malaysia's, prompting American International Group Inc. and Sun Life Financial Inc. to seek a broader presence in the ...
Executives On The Move at Progressive, Hamilton, QBE and Arbella
We have a number of executive changes and board appointments to tell you about at Progressive, Hamilton Insurance Group, QBE North America and Arbella Insurance Group. Progressive said it has made a ...
Verisk Analytics Branches Out From P/C With $2.8B Wood Mackenzie Deal
Verisk Analytics Inc., a supplier of data to insurers and banks, agreed to buy Wood Mackenzie for about 1.85 billion pounds ($2.8 billion) in cash, gaining a business providing information to the ...