Global Economy
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. ...
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 ...
NY Fed Beefs Up Chicago Office in Disaster Risk-Reduction Plan
The New York branch of the U.S. Federal Reserve, wary that a natural disaster or other eventuality could shut down its market operations as it approaches an interest rate hike, has added staff and ...
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 ...
BP Spill Leads to Proposed Risk Reduction Rules For Offshore Oil Wells
The Obama administration proposed tighter rules for the offshore drilling equipment designed to be a last line of defense against oil-well blowouts, five years after the fatal BP Plc spill off ...
Fairfax Financial Will Sell 30% of Brit Plc to Ontario Pension Fund
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. will sell as much as 30 percent of Brit Plc to the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System two months after agreeing to buy the Lloyd's of London insurer for ...
Google Hit With European Union Antitrust Complaint and New Investigation
The European Union escalated its four-year- old probe into Google Inc., accusing the Internet giant of abusing its dominance of the search-engine market and starting a new investigation into its ...
PartnerRe Gains Second Suitor in EXOR With Its $6.4B Cash Bid
European investment company EXOR has emerged as a second suitor for PartnerRe Ltd. with the announcement of its proposed $6.4 billion all-cash acquisition of the Bermuda-based reinsurer. If accepted, ...