Commercial Lines
Cuomo Nominates Corporate Lawyer to Run N.Y. Dept. of Financial Services
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signaled a shift in New York's oversight of Wall Street, tapping a longtime corporate lawyer to run the state banking regulator previously overseen by an aggressive ...
Insurers in California Face Mandate to Disclose Coal Company Holdings
California's insurance commissioner on Monday asked all insurance companies doing business in the state to voluntarily divest from coal companies and said he will also require insurance companies to ...
AIG CEO Hancock Unveils Plan to Divest Assets, Return $25B to Shareholders
American International Group Inc. plans to return $25 billion to shareholders over the next two years as Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock divests assets and seeks to boost returns to protect his ...
RLI’s Combined Ratio Stayed Healthy in Q4; Net Earnings Declined
RLI Corp. ended 2015 with a fourth quarter that was flat in terms of net premiums earned and investment income. Net earnings, on the other hand, dove nearly 10 percent. The Illinois-based specialty ...
Historic Winter Storm Is 2016’s First U.S. ‘Billion-Dollar Weather Event’
While cleanup has only just begun, the historic winter storm that slammed into the Eastern United States over the weekend bringing everything from blizzard conditions to tornadoes caused some serious ...
VW Probe Reportedly Finds Emissions-Cheating Software Was Open Secret
Volkswagen's development of software to cheat diesel-emissions tests was an open secret in its engine development department, Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper said on Friday, citing results ...
‘Almost Pointless’: KBW’s Take on AIG Mortgage Insurance Spinoff Plan
American International Group Inc.'s plan to spin off a portion of its mortgage insurance unit is "almost pointless" given the challenges that Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock faces to fix the ...
Executives On The Move at Ironshore, BHSI and Lloyd’s
Ironshore named a new global energy industry practice leaders. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has a new head of claims tasked with handline a line expansion. Lloyd's hired a regional director ...