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Name Change: XL Group’s Primary Casualty Biz is Now ‘Global Risk Management’
On Thursday, XL Group announced that XL Group's North America Primary Casualty business is operating under a new banner—Global Risk Management. The change is meant to capture the operation's ...
Former AXIS Energy Insurance Exec Easton Joins Endurance
Clifford Easton joined Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. on Friday as Executive Vice President and Global Head of Energy Insurance, Endurance announced. Endurance, in its announcement released on ...
Surge of Storms and Fires Stunts Chubb’s Q1 Net Income
The Chubb Corporation endured a big hit to its 2014 first-quarter income, thanks to harsher-than-expected winter weather in the United States, plus a surge in homeowner fire and flood-related losses. ...
Cincinnati Financial’s Earnings Drop Softened By Investment Income
Cincinnati Financial confronted a drop in net income for its fiscal 2014 first quarter due, in part to higher catastrophe losses, and non-catastrophe losses driven by severe winter weather. But the ...
Citizens Board Okays $3.1B Re Package; Includes Largest Cat Bond in History
Continuing its efforts to reduce assessment risk, the Board of Governors of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation on Thursday approved a $3.1 billion risk transfer program for the 2014 hurricane ...
Former EQECAT President Keogh Now at Ultimate Risk Solutions, LLC
Bill Keogh, who left EQECAT last year to join TigerRisk Partners, has now left the reinsurance brokerage to become chief executive officer of Ultimate Risk Solutions, LLC. Ultimate Risk Solutions is ...
El Niño and Hurricanes By the Numbers: Assured Research Analysis
Forecasters are weighing in on the chances of an El Niño event developing later this year, with some assigning probabilities as high as 65 percent. But what exactly does that mean for U.S. property ...
Everest Re Preps Close On Its 1st Catastrophe Bonds
In spite of a challenging market, Everest Re Group Ltd. demonstrated resiliency and a willingness to adapt, recording increased premiums in the first-quarter of 2014. The Bermuda holding company also ...