Commercial Lines
Ironshore Boosts Global Property Energy Capacity As Sector Competition Soars
Ironshore's global property energy division boosted its capacity limits from $25 million to up to $35 million, even as the sector faces increasing competition in the face of plunging oil prices. ...
Guy Carpenter Launches Next-Gen Canada Flood Model
Guy Carpenter launched its G-CAT Canada Flood Model, which it describes as the first ever probabilistic model for Canada that enables insurers to assess their exposure to flood, Canada's most ...
SCOR, Chubb, Help Drive Q1 Cat Bonds Issued to Record Levels: Aon Benfield
Catastrophe bond limit secured in the 2015 first quarter came in at $1.7 billion, the most of any Q1 yet recorded, Aon Benfield said in its latest status report on insurance-linked securities. Aon ...
Ex-Goldman Dealmaker Becomes Willis Co-CEO of Banking
Willis Group Holdings Plc named Rafal Walkiewicz and Michael Guo co-chief executive officers of the investment-banking operation as the insurance broker seeks business arranging deals and betting on ...
AIG Buys Piece of Cyber Risk-Reduction Firm
American International Group has invested in a global investigative consultancy in a bid to deepen its ability to help clients combat cyber risks. Financial details aren't being disclosed. But AIG is ...
Executives On The Move at CNA, Lloyds, ACE and More
We have new executive appointments to tell you about from CNA, The MEMIC Group, Lloyds, ACE Group and Beazley. *** CNA Financial Group said it named an XL Group veteran as its new executive vice ...
Top D&O Insurer Ranking Shows CNA Moving Up: Fitch Analysis
Although market leaders in the directors and officers liability insurance segment have stayed relatively unchanged in recent years, CNA edged its way into the top five last year, according to a ...
Erie Insurance Joins Commercial Drone Bandwagon
Erie Insurance is joining the drone bandwagon with news that it has obtained conditional Federal Aviation Administration approval to use the technology in its claims and underwriting processes. ...