Specialty
RLI’s Combined Ratio Stayed Healthy in Q4; Net Earnings Declined
RLI Corp. ended 2015 with a fourth quarter that was flat in terms of net premiums earned and investment income. Net earnings, on the other hand, dove nearly 10 percent. The Illinois-based specialty ...
Historic Winter Storm Is 2016’s First U.S. ‘Billion-Dollar Weather Event’
While cleanup has only just begun, the historic winter storm that slammed into the Eastern United States over the weekend bringing everything from blizzard conditions to tornadoes caused some serious ...
VW Probe Reportedly Finds Emissions-Cheating Software Was Open Secret
Volkswagen's development of software to cheat diesel-emissions tests was an open secret in its engine development department, Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper said on Friday, citing results ...
‘Almost Pointless’: KBW’s Take on AIG Mortgage Insurance Spinoff Plan
American International Group Inc.'s plan to spin off a portion of its mortgage insurance unit is "almost pointless" given the challenges that Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock faces to fix the ...
Executives On The Move at Ironshore, BHSI and Lloyd’s
Ironshore named a new global energy industry practice leaders. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has a new head of claims tasked with handline a line expansion. Lloyd's hired a regional director ...
Zurich’s Ratings Stay the Same Despite Projected Q4 Losses: A.M. Best
Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd.'s financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) and issuer credit rating of "aa-" remain unchanged, following preliminary news of more losses to come in the insurer's general ...
Eastern U.S. Blizzard Leaves Disruption and Death in Its Wake
New York, Washington and the U.S. Mid- Atlantic on Sunday shoveled away more than two feet of snow from a blizzard that brought the region to a standstill, grounded more than 13,000 flights, cut ...
Climate Change, Mass Migration Top World’s Major Risks: World Economic Forum
Failure to mitigate and adapt to climate change is the global risk with the greatest potential impact in 2016. The risk ranked as most likely: large-scale involuntary migration. Both are major ...