Specialty
VW Stock Surges as Investors Expect U.S. Emissions Settlement
Volkswagen AG rose to a six-week high after the manufacturer said it expects no need for a U.S. trial in mid-2016 over damages related to rigging diesel-engine control software to dupe emission ...
Allied World’s Investment Income, Combined Ratio Spiked Higher in Q1
First, the good news about Allied World's 2016 first quarter: investment income grew by nearly 20 percent. Many other things for Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG, however, were on a ...
Catastrophe Exposure Grows with Selective Use of Alternative Capital: A.M. Best
Insurers in the London, Europe and Bermuda markets writing catastrophe-exposed business take a different approach to retention of risk at the 1-in-100-year return level in comparison to the ...
AmTrust Seeks to Boost Lloyd’s Presence With Latest Acquisition
AmTrust Financial Services said it has agreed to buy specialty insurance company ANV Holdings B.V. and its Lloyd's affiliates for $218.7 million in cash. The seller is the Ontario Teachers' Pension ...
Ford’s Auto Partner in China Completes 1,200-Mile Self-Driving Car Test
Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ford Motor Co.'s partner in China, said it completed a 1,200-mile road trip to test a self-driving car as part of its ambitions to produce highly automated vehicles ...
Executives On The Move at The Hartford, Beazley and Liberty Mutual
The Hartford snared a former Zurich executive to help run its new, dedicated energy practice. Beazley brought on an ex-Gen Re senior vice president to lead new business and product development for ...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds NFL’s $765M Concussion Settlement
The National Football League's $765 million concussion settlement may not be perfect, but it's fair, a federal appeals court said. The decision sets in motion the resolution of thousands of lawsuits ...
XL Catlin Exec Joins UN Effort to Bring Insurance Concepts Into Global Disaster Planning
XL Catlin Executive Deputy Chairman Stephen Catlin is among the business and political leaders spearheading a global effort to make insurance more sustainable in the face of growing climate risks and ...