Reinsurance
China Re Will Sell Half of $2B IPO to Cornerstone Investors
China Reinsurance Group Corp., the nation's biggest reinsurer, will sell about half of its as much as $2 billion Hong Kong initial public offering to cornerstone investors. U.S.-based Prudential ...
U.S. Judge Signs Off on Settlement in Canadian Oil-by-Rail Disaster
A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Friday approved a settlement that clears the way for payments to victims of Canada's Lac-Megantic crude-by-rail derailment, according to the trustee for the insolvent ...
Emerging Risks: The High-Speed Data Highway
Data seemingly drives everything these days. So there's little wonder it lies at the heart of the insurance industry's emerging risks. Big Data no longer intersects our daily lives; it is prevalent ...
The Hanover Revamps Coverage For Non-Profit Groups
The Hanover Insurance Group is beefing up one of its main product offerings targeted to nonprofit organizations, with more sophisticated cyber security protection and other added offerings. Helen ...
How a Doomed U.S. Cargo Ship Collided With Hurricane Joaquin
The ill-fated U.S.-flagged El Faro cargo ship sunk by Hurricane Joaquin was sailing at near full speed into the center of the storm before it lost propulsion amid mountainous waves and brutal winds, ...
Hamilton CEO Duperreault: Tech Improvements Boost Carriers and Brokers
Technology can transform and improve how the property/casualty insurance industry works on both the carrier and broker sides of the equation, asserts Hamilton Insurance Group CEO Brian Duperreault. ...
What Black Swan Author Nassim Taleb Has to Say About Insurance
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A VINTAGE CARRIER MANAGEMENT ARTICLE FROM 2015. When Nassim Nicholas Taleb addressed a group of insurance executives recently, the author of the book "The Black Swan" was pretty ...
Watch This Video: Guy Carpenter’s David Priebe Considers The Future of Alternative Capital
Insurance linked securities, cat bonds, or collateralized reinsurance are no longer a novel thing. They're embedded in many insurance company capital frameworks, and, as a result, a routine part of ...