Global Economy
SCOR, Swiss Re and Munich Re Win Fitch Ratings Upgrades
Fitch issued ratings upgrades for SCOR, Swiss Re and Munich Re and affirmed the ranking of a fourth reinsurer: Hannover Re. Each reinsurer received scrutiny because of their scale, diversity, and ...
French Insurer AXA Wants to Buy Genworth’s Lifestyle Protection Arm
Axa SA is in exclusive talks with Genworth Financial Inc. to buy its lifestyle protection insurance business for 475 million euros ($520 million) to create the third-biggest player in the European ...
ACE, Focused on Buying Chubb, Basks In Q2 Profit Hike
ACE Limited, the insurer that agreed this month to acquire Chubb Corp., said second-quarter profit rose 21 percent as policy sales climbed. Net income increased to $942 million, or $2.86 a share, ...
PartnerRe Sets Conditions to Meet With Unsolicited Bidder EXOR
PartnerRe said it is ready to meet with EXOR SpA about its revamped upstart bid for the reinsurer, but it once again wants more. "The PartnerRe Board has determined that the latest EXOR proposal ...
Travelers CEO Fishman Briefly Had His Eyes on Chubb
Travelers Chairman and CEO Jay Fishman disclosed that the property/casualty insurance giant briefly considered a possible merger deal with Chubb. The idea was discarded, he said, after the ...
Hiscox USA Brings On New Chief Underwriting Officer
Hiscox has named a new chief underwriting officer for its fast-growing U.S. unit. Nicole Goodwin will be based in Hiscox USA's New York City office. She replaces Gary Head, who will head to London to ...
Monster El Niño Makes Record Hot Year Look Inevitable
In more than 135 years of global temperature data, four of the five hottest months on record all happened in 2015: February, March, May and now June. This has been the hottest start to a year by far, ...
Tit For Tat: EXOR Once Again Boosts Its Bid For PartnerRe
Days after PartnerRe and AXIS Capital Holdings released sweetened terms of their merger deal, upstart bidder EXOR SpA has done the same. The Italian investment firm enhanced its own $6.8 billion ...