Commercial Lines
While Hurricane Matthew Hurt, RLI Ended 2016 With Healthy Combined Ratio
Losses from Hurricane Matthew helped contribute to RLI Corp.'s 2016 fourth quarter drops in property/casualty underwriting income. But the specialty insurer's combined ratio remained at healthy ...
UK Lawmakers to Start Limited Debate of Brexit Bill on Jan. 31
Prime Minister Theresa May's government will push its draft law to trigger the start of the Brexit process through the House of Commons within two weeks in a rush to stick to her March 31 deadline. ...
Valen Analytics Sold to Much-Larger Insurity for Undisclosed Price
Valen Analytics has been acquired by Insurity, a Connecticut-based company that supplies software, data processing and analytics for property/casualty insurers. Neither side disclosed financial ...
Executives On The Move at CNA and Chubb
CNA created a new executive position focused on integrating technology and operations, and hired an Axis Capital veteran to fill the job. Over at Chubb, the insurer hired a former Allied World senior ...
2017 Cat Bond Issuance Could Approach Record Levels: Aon Report
Total catastrophe bond issuance for calendar year 2016 reached $5.8 billion – a decrease from US$6.9 billion in 2015 – principally due to ongoing competitive re/insurance market conditions, ...
W.R. Berkley Suspends London-Based Marine Underwriting
W.R. Berkley has put under review and is suspending underwriting for its London marine book until it can determine the direction of this business going forward. W/R/B Underwriting, the company's ...
AIG Risk Transfer Deal Could Jeopardize Berkshire Hathaway’s Win Streak: Credit Suisse
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s record risk-transfer agreement with American International Group Inc. is so big that Warren Buffett's company risks posting its first annual underwriting loss since 2002 at ...
MAPFRE’s Castelo Takes Over as CEO for North America Operations
Spanish insurer MAPFRE Group has a new CEO for its North America arm, eight months after the changing of the guard was first announced. Alfredo Castelo is now president and CEO of MAPFRE U.S.A. Corp. ...