Reinsurance
Hearn Exits Willis to Become CEO at CGSC
A day before Willis Global Holdings announced its merger with Towers Watson, the global insurance and reinsurance broker confirmed that Deputy CEO Steve Hearn would be leaving the company to become ...
Willis and Towers Watson to Merge
Global reinsurance and insurance broker Willis Group Holdings and professional services and analytics firm Towers Watson have agreed to an all-stock merger of equals valued at $18 billion. Upon ...
Expert Calls For Wider Use of Blast Modeling For Possible Terrorist Attacks
While catastrophic event models focus mainly on weather-related events, the world also has to cope with catastrophic terrorist acts, particularly those caused by explosive devices placed in areas ...
PwC: Alternative Investment Growth Set to Soar Over Next Five Years
The alternative investment industry, which includes hedge funds, private equity and real assets, is expected to grow fivefold to at least $13.6 trillion in the next half decade, professional services ...
A.M. Best Clarifies Stance on AXIS-PartnerRe Deal
While characterizing their opinion as neither an endorsement nor a recommendation of the proposed merger of AXIS Capital and PartnerRe, rating analysts from A.M. Best clarified that their stance on ...
Modelers Studying Insurance Impact of Quakes Caused By Human Activity
Earthquakes, the natural kind caused by the movements of vast tectonic plates, have been occurring since the dawn of time. But now there is a new type of quake being caused by human activity. ...
Sizing Up the P/C M&A Landscape; Analyst Wary of ‘Industrial’ Buyers
A fixed income analyst specializing in the property/casualty insurance sector is growing uncomfortable with a potential trend he sees developing in the M&A landscape—interest in insurance ...
Marsh: Federal Terrorism Reinsurance Renewal Reestablished Normalcy
In the wake of the brief lapse and then renewal of the U.S. federal terrorism reinsurance program in early 2015, Marsh has looked at the related risk insurance climate in a new report. The verdict: ...