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Florida’s Citizens Seeks Maximum Rate Hike for Homeowners
The board of governors for Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida's state-backed insurer of last resort, wants the maximum allowed rate increased – 11 percent for next year and 12 percent for ...
FWD Group Cancels U.S. IPO Plan, Pivots to Hong Kong Instead
FWD Group Ltd., the Hong Kong-based insurer backed by billionaire Richard Li, withdrew its U.S. initial public offering as China tightens its grip on overseas listings. The company said in a filing ...
Record Rainfall, Floods Across Globe Generated Billions in Economic Damages in November: Aon
November was a wet month in many countries across the globe, with heavy rains and flooding causing billions of dollars of economic losses, according to Aon's monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, ...
Financial Council Warns Climate Change, Stablecoins Are Systemic Risks
Climate change, the rapid growth of "stablecoins" and financial innovations that led to frenzied trading of GameStop Corp shares early this year are threats to the U.S. financial system that merit ...
Chubb Beefs Up North America Commercial P/C Leadership With Two New Appointments
Chubb made two new appointments designed to bolster the leadership of its North America commercial property and casualty businesses. Seth Gillston, Chubb's current Private Equity and Real Estate ...
Everest Re CEO Andrade Wins Vote of Confidence and Contract Extension
Everest Re Group President and CEO Juan Andrade just got a big vote of confidence from his company's board of directors. Andrade's contract at the Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer has been ...
Canada’s Co-operators General, Sovereign General Earn AM Best Ratings Upgrades
Ratings agency AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to "a" (Excellent) from "a-" (Excellent) of Co-operators ...
Offshore Wind Project Spurs Legal Challenge From Oil Lobby and U.S. Fishing Industry
Members of the U.S. commercial fishing industry are teaming up with an oil industry-backed lobbying group to fight offshore wind energy development on the East Coast, according to documents reviewed ...