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Validus Holdings $600M Deal for Western World Rumored
Validus Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based reinsurer, is near an agreement to acquire specialty insurer Western World Insurance Group, people familiar with the matter said. Validus could announce a ...
Hancock Replacing Benmosche as CEO Sept. 1; Taking First Board Role
When Peter Hancock spoke at the Professional Liability Underwriting Society D&O Symposium in February 2012, he may not have foreseen yesterday's announcement that he would ascend to the highest ...
Business Urging Delaware Lawmakers Not to Block ‘Loser-Pays’ Bylaws
Big Business is lobbying Delaware lawmakers for corporate bylaws to shift legal fees to shareholders who sue and lose, which legal experts say could curtail a booming type of investor class actions. ...
Let’s Dance, Say Reinsurance Leaders With Mergers on Their Minds
Even though his appetite is temporarily sated from two key acquisitions in recent years, the leader of SCOR says the M&A "dancing floor will be open" across the reinsurance industry going ...
AIG Board’s Decision: Hancock Replacing Benmosche Effective Sept. 1
American International Group announced Tuesday that its board of directors has named Peter D. Hancock as President and Chief Executive Officer, AIG, effective September 1. Hancock, who currently ...
Willis Debuts Sharia Compliant Commercial Real Estate Insurance in U.K.
Willis Group Holdings will start offering the first Shariah compliant commercial real state insurance in the U.K., with security provided by QBE Insurance (Europe) Ltd. and XL Group. Coverage is ...
Fitch Ups Lloyd’s Rating to ‘AA-‘
Fitch Ratings upgraded Lloyd's of London's insurer financial strength rating to "AA-" from the "A+," the rating agency announced Tuesday, with an expectation of better "cross-cycle underwriting ...
Allianz SE’s El-Erian: Fed Policies May Have Produced New Bubble
Investors might be surprised to learn that they have a lot riding on something that they pay very little attention to: macro-prudential regulation, or what central banks and other government agencies ...