Reinsurance
Germany’s Ergo Expects Asia, Eastern Europe Premium Growth
Munich Re's insurance unit, Ergo Versicherungsgruppe, plans to increase international premiums by more than a fifth over the next five years on sales in Asia and eastern Europe. "We aim to increase ...
PartnerRe Says German Hail Impact to Exceed $50M
PartnerRe Ltd. announced estimates of its cost for the German hailstorms that occurred in the last week of July 2013, putting the losses at between $50 million and $60 million pre-tax. The range of ...
Loeb Reinsurer Faced SEC Push to Improve Investment Disclosure
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pushed a reinsurer co-founded by billionaire hedge fund manager Dan Loeb to provide more information about investments ahead of last month's initial public ...
Critics Take Aim at Crop Insurance Subsidies, Insurers’ Profits
Former American International Group Inc. chief Maurice "Hank" Greenberg has a new business partner: the U.S. taxpayer. Greenberg's Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. is one of 18 companies approved ...
Rendez-Vous Recap: Alternative Capital Remains Elephant in the Room
The 57th Reinsurance Rendez-Vous is winding down, and, while it's been another successful networking opportunity for the industry's movers and shakers, most of the discussions have ended on a note of ...AIG Said to Opt Against Berkshire Reinsurance After April Exec Departures
American International Group Inc. has decided against signing new reinsurance contracts with Berkshire Hathaway Inc. after Warren Buffett's company started a commercial insurer competing against AIG, ...
Bermuda Braces For Gabrielle But Little Structure Damage Expected
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, the seventh storm of the Atlantic hurricane season—Tropical Storm Gabrielle— is on a path that could threaten Bermuda on Wednesday, but ...
Fitch Sees Alternative Capital Fueling Reinsurance Mergers
Mergers and acquisitions in the reinsurance industry may rise in coming years because of higher valuations and the inflow of alternative capital, according to Fitch Ratings Ltd. The consolidation ...