Global Economy
Zurich Combines North America Commercial, Global Corporate Units; Horgan to Lead
Zurich Insurance Group continues its ongoing effort to reorganize and streamline with news that its North America Commercial Markets and Global Corporate businesses will combine into one division. ...
Liberty Mutual Completely Reverses Last Year’s Massive Q3 Loss
Liberty Mutual Holding Co. scored a significant profit during its 2016 third quarter versus the same period a year ago, thanks in part to rate increases and more policies in force. The insurer and ...
The Latest Launches From QBE North America, Aon, Arch Insurance and More
QBE North America and Stateside Underwriting Agency will provide new products for mortgage-related professionals. Aon unveiled a service for companies struggling to comply with new EU data protection ...
Generali Hires Ex-Allianz Exec to Run New U.S.-Based Global Construction Practice
The U.S. arm of Generali Group launched its new Global Construction Insurance practice and has hired a former Allianz executive to run it. Greg Mason will serve as vice president of Construction for ...
Cyber Theft Strikes 20,000 Tesco Bank Accounts in UK
The banking arm of Britain's biggest retailer Tesco was scrambling on Monday to deal with an online attack over the weekend on 40,000 customers' accounts, 20,000 of which had money removed. The hack ...
China Passes Sweeping Cybersecurity Law; Foreign Opposition Remains
China has green-lit a sweeping and controversial law that may grant Beijing unprecedented access to foreign companies' technology and hamstring their operations in the world's second-largest economy. ...
AIG Apartment Mortgage Lending Climbs 20 Percent, Reaching $5.2B
American International Group Inc., the largest commercial insurer in the U.S. and Canada, has been increasing lending for apartments as the company seeks to counter low yields on publicly traded ...
AIG’s Mixed Results Lead to Stock Drop, Wall Street Skepticism
American International Group Inc.'s assurances of underwriting progress are drawing increased skepticism from Wall Street analysts after another disappointing quarter. Results from international ...