Emerging Markets
Insurance Journal’s Jergler Wins Folio Award; Carrier Management Recognized
Wells Media Group's Carrier Management and Insurance Journal publications took home honors from this year's Folio Awards that recognize excellence in publishing. The awards, sponsored by the ...
ACE Names Some Chubb Execs to Post-Merger North America Insurance Arm
ACE Ltd., on track to acquire The Chubb Corp. in a $28 billion deal, has named more executives to the post-merger leadership team for its North America Insurance division. The appointments include ...
Swiss Re’s Estimated Tianjin Explosion Claims Hit: $250M
Swiss Re said that the Tianjin explosion in China will leave it with an approximately $250 million claims burden, but news of the claims hit didn't mar an otherwise solid 2015 third quarter. The ...
China and Germany Agree on Halt to Economic Cyber War
China and Germany agreed to work on stopping economic cyber spying between the two nations amid mounting concern that the thousands of small- and medium-sized companies that form the backbone of ...
Carl Icahn’s Emergence Ups the Stakes for AIG CEO Hancock
Peter Hancock may have met his hardest challenge yet. Since Hancock took over as chief executive officer of American International Group Inc. last year, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s new ...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Now in Australia with Marine Office
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company is now underwriting Marine, Transport & Logistics Liability Insurance in Australia and New Zealand. Barton Phillips, the head of the group, and ...
PCI Conference Report: Cyber, Property Risks Not So Separate, CTO Says
The property/casualty insurance industry must change its approach to cyber security and update its coverage approach to help minimize risks, FireEye Inc. Chief Technology Officer Grady Summers said. ...
Death Toll Climbs in Strongest Aghan Quake in 60 Years
Afghanistan's strongest earthquake in more than six decades shook buildings across South Asia, prompting officials from Kabul to Islamabad to New Delhi to send out rescue teams to search for ...