Personal Lines
Captive Insurers Have a Strong Place in the U.S. Market: A.M. Best
Captive insurance companies rated by A.M. Best ended 2015 in strong form, recording pretax operating income of $1.4 billion, a 13.5 percent increase over 2014, according to a new A.M. Best special ...
Axa, Europe’s 2nd-Biggest Insurer, Sees Property Sales Boost Profit
Axa, Europe's second-biggest insurer, reported a weaker than expected 4 percent rise in its first-half net profit, hit by lower investment returns, higher claims and despite a boost from real estate ...
AIG’s Commercial Combined Ratio Climbed to 102.1; Insurer Discloses $3B Buyback
American International Group Inc. said it will buy back $3 billion of stock after second-quarter profit climbed 6.3 percent, helped by asset sales. The insurer climbed in extended trading in New ...
Mutual Insurers Rebound (Slightly), Though Threats Remain: Swiss Re
Mutual insurance companies have gained back some of the global market share they lost due to demutualizations in recent years. Those gains are threatened, however, by new financial regulations, ...
Kemper Wins A.M. Best Ratings Affirmation, Plus Warnings of Limited Growth
Kemper Corp. won some ratings affirmation validation from A.M. Best, but that good news is paired with a warning of the insurer's limited growth potential down the line. A.M. Best affirmed the ...
Executives On The Move at Chubb, JLT Re, QBE and GEICO
Chubb has a new chief reinsurance officer. JLT Re named a new Atlanta-based executive. QBE North America hired on a new executive from The Hartford. GEICO promoted a rising executive in New York. *** ...
The Hartford Completes $168M M&A Deal for E&S Outfit Maxum Specialty
The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG) has completed its acquisition of Maxum Specialty Insurance Group for $168 million in cash. The transaction, announced in March, closed on July 29. Maxum will ...
The Hanover Barely Ekes Out Q2 Profit, Thanks to Losses at Lloyd’s Chaucer Arm
The Hanover Insurance Group barely eked out a profit in the 2016 second quarter; large losses and catastrophe hits sustained by its Chaucer division are generally to blame. Net income came in at $2 ...