Commercial Lines
AIG Europe Head Predicts Slower Rate Hikes in 2022
Insurance premium rates are likely to continue to climb in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2022, but probably at a slower clip, the chief executive of AIG Europe said at the Reuters Future of ...
Ransomware Threatens ‘American Way of Life,’ U.S. Official Warns
A top U.S. cybersecurity official offered a dire warning to members of Congress on Wednesday, saying the "American way of life" faces serious risks amid the drumbeat of ransomware attacks and ...
AIG Produces Substantial Q3 Premium, Net Income Gains
American International Group's General Insurance, or property/casualty business, saw double-digit premium growth and substantially higher net income in Q3 along with lower catastrophe losses. AIG ...
Liberty Mutual’s Q3 Net Income Jumps Even as Catastrophe Losses Climb
Liberty Mutual Holding Company's net income more than doubled in the 2021 third quarter compared to the same period a year, driven by rate hikes, investment gains and improved risk selection even as ...
Arch Rebrands New Purchase Watford Re as Somers Re, Implements New Reinsurance Strategy
Arch Capital Group Ltd., alongside private equity partners Warburg Pincus and Kelso & Co., announced that Watford Holdings Ltd. and Watford Re Ltd. have been renamed Somers Group Holdings Ltd. ...
Finnish Insurer Sampo Beat Expectations With Big Profit Jump
Finnish insurer Sampo on Wednesday beat expectations with a 30% jump in quarterly core earnings, aided by a strong performance from its main subsidiary If and gains from selling a stake in Finnish ...
Insurers May Face Climate Stress Tests by 2023: EU Regulator
Insurers could face European climate stress tests as soon as 2023, the head of the EU's insurance regulator said at the Reuters Future of Insurance Europe conference on Thursday. The insurance ...
Argo Group Sees Progress After Rate Hikes, Reducing Property Catastrophe Exposure
Argo Group International Holdings made money during the 2021 third quarter versus a net loss the year before. Results stemmed, in part, from the Bermuda-based specialty insurer reducing its property ...