Personal Lines
P/C Insurers, Reinsurers, Saw 2016 North America Operating Earnings Decline
Property/casualty insurer and reinsurer operating earnings in North America dipped in 2016, hammered by factors including higher catastrophe losses, low investment yields and underwriting ...
Executives On The Move at XL Catlin, CNO Financial and RLI
XL Catlin promoted an executive to lead an important part of its Excess & Surplus insurance arm. CNO Financial Group made a number of executive changes within its organization. RLI Corp. promoted ...
Warm Arctic Temperatures Will Lead to More Extreme Weather
Unusually warm weather in the Arctic is helping shift weather patterns this year from North America to the Middle East, after global warming shattered records in 2016, according to the World ...
Trump’s Proposed Flood Map Program Cuts Could Trigger Higher Insurance Rates
A proposal by the Trump administration to cut $190 million in funding for updating U.S. maps of flood-prone areas would trigger higher insurance rates or more homebuilding in risky locations, a ...
Large, Tech-Savvy Insurers Will Excel With Big Data; Smaller Carriers Face Struggles
The insurers that will best incorporate data analytics into their daily operations have multinational scale and are already technology savvy in their underwriting practices, Fitch ratings concluded ...
A Struggling AIG Might Need Substantial Pay for Its Next CEO
American International Group Inc.'s new chief executive officer can expect to deal with a volatile industry, pressure from ratings firms and a restless board. And if the past is any guide, the new ...
Departing AIG CEO Hancock Gets $5M in Cash to Stay During Transition
Peter Hancock gets $5 million in cash to stay on as American International Group's chief executive officer while the board searches for his replacement. But the insurer's departing president and CEO ...
After Taking Time to Digest 2016 M&A, Insurers Ramp up for More
Insurers globally saw the number of completed mergers and acquisitions drop 13 percent in 2016 compared to the previous year, with political uncertainty and previous consolidation efforts slowing the ...