Specialty
Allianz, Generali, Zurich and More Called Out for $361M in Coal Investments
A climate activist group is calling out a handful of European insurers for having significant holdings in fossil fuels despite pledges by the companies to be more climate friendly. A report released ...
Underwriting Losses Depress Berkshire Hathaway’s Q2 Profit
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is finding it hard to grind out higher profits this year, in large part because of slumping results at its insurance businesses. Gains at the conglomerate's ...
Executives On The Move at Chubb and Willis Towers Watson
Chubb tapped two former Zurich executives and a third from within the company for its regional claims team. Willis Towers Watson appointed aa new corporate risk and broking market leader and ...
Liberty Mutual’s Ironshore Acquisition Helps Buttress Q2 Results
Liberty Mutual reported an improved 2017 second quarter, with a big jump in net premiums written and net income driven by its $3 billion acquisition of property/casualty specialty insurer Ironshore ...
Breaking the Silence: Cyber Physical Cat Models Emerging
A frightened truck driver dodging a barrage of bullets fired from the assault rifles of a drug-smuggling criminal gang doesn't seem like the obvious description of the final stages of a cyber attack. ...
Frequency of Cyber Breach Attacks Down: RMS Report
While it may seem like more cyber breach attacks are being reported than ever before, the number of breach events in the United States has been declining over the last three years, an RMS expert said ...
Silent Attacks and Cyber War: What Cyber Insurance Experts Worry About
During the RMS Cyber Risk Seminar, RMS SVP Peter Ulrich asked cyber insurance market participants what keeps them up at night. Here's what they said. Lori Bailey, global head of special lines for ...
Cyber Insurance Pricing Not Keeping Pace as Exposures Rise
Increasing competition in the cyber insurance market is keeping prices for coverage below where they probably should be, experts said at an industry conference that took place just days after the ...