Global Economy
Canada’s Intact Financial Nearly Doubled Quarterly P/C Profit
Intact Financial Corp, Canada's largest property and casualty insurer, reported a near-doubling in quarterly profit, driven by higher underwriting income as claims related to natural disasters fell. ...
Cyber Criminals Routinely Strike U.S. Brokerages and Advisers: SEC
U.S. brokerage firms and financial advisers are a routine target of cyber criminals and some have lost money as a result of fraudulent emails requesting transfers of client funds, the U.S. Securities ...
RMS Debuts Global Tsunami Scenario Catalog
RMS released a global tsunami scenario catalog to help insurers and reinsurers assess risks in high exposure regions they cover. The catastrophe modeling firm touted the catalog as the first of its ...
Report: Scor, Alleghany May Submit Rival M&A Bids for PartnerRe
PartnerRe Ltd. jumped in New York trading after Insurance Insider reported that the reinsurer, which agreed last month to merge with Axis Capital Holdings Ltd., might draw bids from rivals to break ...
Willis Re Unveils Cybersecurity Risk-Measurement Tool
Reinsurance broker Willis Re on Tuesday launched a tool designed to help insurance companies gauge their portfolios' exposure to cybersecurity risks, the latest effort to develop a growing market ...
Dry Weather Threatens Russia’s Wheat Crop
When Russia's spiraling inflation drove up bread prices last year, a bumper wheat crop helped contain costs. The next harvest isn't looking so good. Dry weather left wheat vulnerable to damage this ...
Viewpoint: U.S. Cybersecurity Not Possible Without Govt. Participation
Chances are, your company's computers will come under attack sometime soon. The perpetrators may want to steal personal information. They may want trade secrets or intellectual property. They may ...
Ex-AIG Chairman Greenberg Remains Defiant as Fraud Trial Ramps Up
Ex-American International Group Inc. Chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg said New York State's pursuit of him through a decade-old fraud lawsuit is a futile waste of taxpayer money, as the two sides ...