Reinsurance
Swiss Re Hit With 2019 Profit Drop; P/C Combined Ratio Reaches 107.8
Reinsurer Swiss Re reported on Thursday a smaller-than-expected profit in 2019 due to claims for a series of man-made and natural disasters, as well as expenses for its U.S. casualty business, ...
AXA XL Chooses Chubb Veteran Gunter as Its New CEO
AXA XL has hired a former Chubb Group senior executive as its new CEO. Scott Gunter, previously senior vice president of Chubb Group and president of Chubb's North America Commercial Insurance ...
Fossil-Fuel Production May Generate Much More Methane Than Scientists Thought
Fossil-fuel production may be responsible for much more atmospheric methane than scientists previously thought, according to new research published today in the journal Nature. The results, if they ...
Argo Appoints Interim CEO Rehnberg as Its Full-Time Leader; New Board Chair Named
Argo Group International Holdings has appointed interim CEO Kevin Rehnberg to the job officially, capping what has been a tumultuous year for the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer. ...
Sanofi to Work with U.S. Agency on Coronavirus Vaccine
French drugmaker Sanofi is working with a U.S. government agency to develop a vaccine against the new coronavirus from China, saying it could have a candidate ready for clinical trials within a year. ...
Arch Grabs Majority Stake in Australia Data Company PMAP
Arch Reinsurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd., announced it will acquire a majority stake in Precision Marketing Asia Pacific (PMAP), subject to regulatory and ...
Chinese Province Launches Specialty Insurance for Businesses Slammed by Coronavirus
China's southern province of Hainan has launched the first specially-designed insurance product to cover losses incurred by businesses as a result of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, the ...
Extreme Weather: Building Resilience for Rising Risks
The insurance industry has a responsibility to assume a "leadership role in creating and promoting resilience as the first line of defense" against natural disasters, an industry leader said ...