Global Economy
Munich Re’s Net Income Soared But Still Missed Analysts’ Estimates
Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, posted third-quarter profit that missed analyst estimates as low interest rates eroded returns from its fixed- income investments. Net income rose 16 percent ...
The P/C Industry Calculates Its Future After Republican U.S. Election Gains
A day after the 2014 midterm elections gave Republicans control of the U.S. Senate, wider control of the House and major gains in state races across the nation, lobbyists for the property/casualty ...
When MGAs manage a high volume of insurance submissions, underwriting speed often depends on what happens before an underwriter ever...
In October, the Worst Storms Slammed Into India and Japan
As of Nov. 1, the U.S. achieved 3,295 consecutive days without a major hurricane landfall. That doesn't mean there weren't major storm events in October, but the worst ones hit India and Japan ...
ING’s Former Canadian P/C Arm Thrives With Fewer Catastrophe Losses
Intact Financial Corp, Canada's largest property and casualty insurer, reported a more than four-fold rise in quarterly profit, helped by a sharp fall in catastrophe losses. The company's profit last ...
Endurance Built Up Its Underwriting In a Mixed 3rd Quarter
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. reported a mixed 2014 third quarter stemming from big investments in underwriting and also some remnants from its failed push to snatch up Bermuda reinsurance rival ...
The Odds Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg Will Win His Bailout Lawsuit are Increasing
Lawyer David Boies has a shot at an upset win in the trial of Maurice "Hank" Greenberg's $25 billion bailout case against the U.S. government, a turnaround from the weak odds he was given just a ...
AIG Will Fork Over $35M to Settle New York Licensing Issue
Insurer American International Group will pay a $35 million penalty for violations related to former subsidiaries that solicited insurance business in New York without a license, the New York State ...
PCI’s Gordon: Congressional Leaders Pledge Dec. TRIA Renewal
An executive with the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America said Congressional leaders have offered assurances that they'll reauthorize a version of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, or ...