Commercial Lines
AIG to Lose $430M on Fuji Sale, Gain $300M on Seoul Transaction
American International Group Inc., the insurer that's shrinking to free up capital for shareholder buybacks, said it expects to book a loss of about $430 million on the previously disclosed deal to ...
China’s Anbang Insurance Reportedly May Grab $2.3B in Blackstone-Owned Japanese Property
China's Anbang Insurance Group Co is in talks to buy as much as $2.3 billion in Japanese residential property assets from Blackstone Group , two people involved in the discussions said, in what would ...
ATM Fees Class Action Lawsuits Allowed by SCOTUS to Proceed
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday gave the green light to class action lawsuits by consumers accusing Visa Inc, Mastercard Inc and several U.S. banks of conspiring to inflate the prices of ATM ...
USAA Leads Insurers Flocking to Exchange-Traded Funds
The booming demand for hot exchange-traded funds has finally caught up with the staid, sleepy insurance industry. U.S. insurers are the latest group of investors to start buying ETFs en masse, with ...
W.R. Berkley Launches Cyber Unit Headed by Former Chubb Exec Vispoli
W. R. Berkley Corporation announced the formation of Berkley Cyber Risk Solutions on Thursday. Berkley Cyber Risk Solutions will offer specialty commercial insurance coverages on a worldwide basis to ...
No Plan for Job Cuts in Zurich’s $1.5B Cost-Cutting Moves
Zurich Insurance Group AG raised its target for cost cuts and dropped plans to eliminate jobs as Chief Executive Officer Mario Greco overhauls Switzerland's largest insurer. The shares rose. The new ...
New Zealand EQ Insured Losses Could Top $3B: AIR Worldwide
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide released its initial estimates of industry insured losses from the earthquake that struck New Zealand's South Island early this week, putting a range of $762 ...
‘Unicorn’ Startups in the Crosshairs; New Risks Possible for D&O Insurers
Underwriters of directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance should keep an eye on the increased scrutiny of "unicorn" technology firms by aggrieved shareholders and securities regulators, ...