Personal Lines
Australia’s Floods Will Hit Insurers’ 2021 Earnings, Lead to Reinsurance Rate Spike
Insured losses from Australia's March floods are expected to hit general (or property/casualty) insurers' underwriting margins and earnings in 2021, while putting more upward pressure on reinsurance ...
Catastrophes Cost Insurers $89 Billion in 2020: Swiss Re’s Sigma
Natural and man-made catastrophes cost the insurance industry $89 billion in 2020 – the fifth costliest year since 1970, according to a report from Swiss Re's sigma. Of that total, $81 billion ...
AIG Brings on Wade as Insurer’s First Chief Digital Officer
A former BlackRock executive is joining American International Group to be the insurer's first executive vice president, global head of operations and chief digital officer. Claude Wade is expected ...
Allstate Completes Exit From Life and Annuity Business With Sale to New York Life
The Allstate Corp. said it has agreed to sell its New York life insurance and annuity operation to Wilton Re for $220 million. The selling of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York (ALNY), along ...
A Spurned Chubb Says Hartford Isn’t The Only Fish in the Sea
Global insurer Chubb Ltd. today issued a statement that it is "disappointed that The Hartford chose not to engage in discussions regarding a strategic business combination." However, the disappointed ...
After Chubb’s Failed Hartford Try, Allianz Now Mulling Possible Counteroffer
Chubb Ltd.'s $23 billion takeover offer for Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has prompted Germany's Allianz SE to study the feasibility of a counteroffer, according to people familiar with the ...
Executives On The Move at Cover Genius and RSA
Cover Genius appointed a new chief operating officer and a second executive as its first-ever Global Chief Revenue Officer. RSA named appointments for chair and CFO of its UK and International ...
Generali Increases Bid for Aviva’s Polish Arm
Italian insurer Generali has nudged up its bid for Aviva's Polish arm, valuing the business at almost 2.5 billion euros ($3 billion), in a last-ditch effort to prevail over Dutch insurer NN, two ...