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Insurance Execs Struggle to Kindle the Innovation Spark: KPMG Survey
While insurance executives overwhelmingly know that innovation will drive future competitive advantage and growth, most seem to be struggling to kindle the spark within their organization, finds a ...
Hiscox’s ILS Assets Surpass $600 Million With Cardinal Re Launch
Kiskadee Investment Managers, Hiscox Re's insurance linked securities (ILS) operation, has launched Cardinal Re Ltd., a Bermuda-domiciled special purpose insurer designed to transform collateralized ...
AIR Worldwide: Insurers Can Gain by Confronting Gap Between Insured and Economic Losses
While there's a significant global gap between disaster-related insured and economic losses, the dichotomy between both presents a growth opportunity for P/C carriers, AIR Worldwide concluded in a ...
Travelers CEO Fishman: U.S. Tax Rates Push Rivals to Bermuda and Elsewhere
Jay Fishman, who built New York-based Travelers Cos. into one of the world's biggest insurers, lamented that disparities in tax rates are pushing established rivals and industry newcomers outside the ...
California Wildfires Could Produce Record Insured Losses: Munich Re America
Two major Northern California wildfires destroyed more than 1,000 structures as of early morning on Sept. 16, and Munich Re America said the ongoing crisis could eventually cause historic levels of ...
P/C Insurance M&A Is Growing Rapidly With No Sign of Letting Up
Clyde & Co. and A.M. Best quell any remaining doubts about the return and acceleration of high-profile insurance/reinsurance M&A deals in two new reports. What's more, while transactions are ...
Bill Cosby Wants AIG to Pony Up Defamation Defense Coverage
Bill Cosby, citing financial pressures, asked a federal judge to dismiss or put on hold a lawsuit in which American International Group Inc seeks to avoid paying for his defense against defamation ...
California Wildfires Damage 5 Calpine-Owned Power Plants
A California wildfire damaged five power plants at Calpine Corp.'s Geysers geothermal complex in Lake and Sonoma Counties. The so-called Valley Fire burned local power distribution lines, cooling ...