Reinsurance
Why Many Californians Take Their Chances Without Earthquake Insurance
During Sunday's 6.0 magnitude earthquake, some $75,000 worth of bottles of wine, rum and whiskey flew off the shelves of Aiyaz Masani's liquor store in Napa, California. He estimates about half his ...
Tower Group Dealt More A.M. Best Ratings Downgrades
Tower Group International must deal with more ratings downgrades from A.M. Best, spurred by its soaring net losses and uncertainty over whether it can carry its debts through an intended merger with ...
Hurricane Forecaster Favors Brief and Ugly Storms
When it comes to Atlantic hurricanes, brief and ugly is beautiful, at least to Phil Klotzbach, lead author of Colorado State University's seasonal storm forecast. That's because a ragged-looking ...
Dire Cancer Prognosis Sped Up Benmoshe’s AIG Departure
Robert Benmosche, who is stepping down this weekend after five years as American International Group Inc.'s chief executive officer, said he learned in May that he had nine months to a year to live. ...
Enstar to Pay $218M For South Carolina P&C Company
Bermuda-based Enstar Group Ltd. said it will grab Companion Property and Casualty Insurance Company from Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina for $218 million. The deal represents an expansion of ...
Governments Provide Reinsurers a Major Market Opportunity: S&P
Reinsurers have a potential major market at their fingertips: Working with governments to boost their disaster resilience. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services draws that conclusion in a new ...
Iceland Volcano May Menace Atlantic Flights Indefinitely
Iceland said heightened alert levels for airlines may be in place for months as one of its biggest volcanoes continues to rumble, threatening an eruption and ash cloud that would menace flights ...
Napa Quake Making Municipal-Bond Investors Nervous
Municipal-bond investors are trading a record amount of debt from Napa County, California, in a sign that some may be concerned about damage from the strongest earthquake to hit the wine-growing area ...