Commercial Lines
Executives On The Move at Zurich, AIG and RMS
Zurich Insurance named a new chief underwriting officer for its Zurich North America Unit. AIG appointed an XL Catlin veteran to lead its Bermuda business. Catastrophe modeler RMS appointed a former ...
Hurricane Florence Nears the Mid-Atlantic Coast, as the P/C Industry Keeps Watch
Insurers, catastrophe modelers and brokers are scrambling to prepare for and keep up with Hurricane Florence. The massive storm is slated to bring heavy winds and rainfall to the southeastern and ...
XL Group Becomes AXA XL With Merger Closing
As of Sept. 12, XL Group will officially become a part of AXA. The Paris-based global insurer disclosed on Sept. 11 that it now has all regulatory approvals required to complete its acquisition of XL ...
New Guy Carpenter Subsidiary Manages Carrier Quest for Global InsurTech Partners
InsurTech is often touted as the cure that will solve the insurance industry's inefficient and antiquated processes—from distribution to underwriting to claims. While many insurers want to ...
U.S. Flood Insurance Reform Remains Unfinished, a Year After Massive Hurricane Damage
U.S. taxpayers who spent billions of dollars after a trifecta of hurricanes last year are poised to do so again after a fix to the nation's troubled flood insurance program remains stalled in ...
Opinion: Catastrophe Bonds Are a Smashing Success
Leave it to catastrophe bonds to be among the most well-functioning debt markets out there. Issuance of "cat bonds" has climbed to more than $11 billion this year, about the same as this time in ...
1 Million-Plus Told to Flee Hurricane Florence as Mid-Atlantic States Brace for Storm
Florence was slightly weakened but not unbowed as it continued to barrel toward the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with forecasters saying they expect the storm to re-strengthen to near Category 5 ...
Global P/C Markets Falling Short on Sustainable Returns: Swiss Re Sigma
Global property/casualty insurance markets are underperforming and have a way to go before producing sustainable returns, Swiss Re said in its latest sigma report. "Most markets remain in a phase of ...