Strategy
Analysts: Travelers/Dominion Deal Makes Sense, More U.S.-Canadian M&A May Follow
The Travelers Companies' decision to acquire Dominion of Canada General Insurance, a unit of E-L Financial Corp., for $1.1 billion makes strategic sense, according to analysts. The acquisition now ...
It’s Not About AIG, Says Berkshire’s Peter Eastwood
When a veteran of CNA joined Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance to lead the new venture's professional liability division last week, the news did not receive the press that the followed the first ...
‘Great Rotation’ From Bonds Into Equities May Have Begun
Just as a month-long stock market rout seems to have further trashed the concept of a "Great Rotation" from bonds into equities, evidence is emerging that institutional investors may have already ...
Brokers Balk As Big Banks Push Cross-Selling Insurance, Loans to Wealthy
Scrambling to plug revenue holes created by crackdowns on credit card fees and falling brokerage commissions, big U.S. banks are pushing a strategy they've tried with limited success in the past - ...
P/C Insurer Advertising: ‘Mayhem’ Outspends ‘Good Neighbor’
Allstate's "Mayhem" trumped State Farm Mutual's the "Good Neighbor" in advertising dollars in 2012. According to an analysis by SNL Financial, Allstate's ad spend increased 14.8 percent year over ...Runoff Specialist Enstar Acquiring Active Atrium Underwriting Ops, Arden Re
Bermuda-based runoff management specialist Enstar Group Limited announced Wednesday that it has entered into definitive agreements with Arden Holdings Limited to acquire Atrium Underwriting Group ...
Fed’s Plosser Favors Too-Big-To-Fail Firms Holding More Capital
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser called for the largest financial institutions to hold more capital to help prevent a repeat of the recent financial crisis, and renewed ...
Sea Level Rise May Be Less Than Feared But Still Bring Severe Surges
A melt of ice on Greenland and Antarctica is likely to be less severe than expected this century, limiting sea level rise to a maximum of 69 cm (27 inches), an international study said on Tuesday. ...