Specialty
Liberty Mutual Grows Chile Market Share with New Acquisition
With one acquisition, Liberty Mutual Insurance has become a dominant player in Chile, a decade after first entering the market there. The Massachusetts-based property/casualty insurer said it has ...
Ironshore Turns to Shanghai with Launch of Lloyd’s China Platform
Ironshore International, now fully owned by Chinese conglomerate Fosun International, is expanding into Shanghai via Lloyd's. The Bermuda-based specialty property/casualty insurer will be doing this ...
Underwriters Spooked by New China Rules for Botched IPOs
Newly approved Chinese rules for IPOs are rattling investment banks as investors can seek compensation immediately if they suffer losses due to false or misleading information in the listing ...
Uber Will Help California Ex-Felons Ready for Driver Jobs
Uber Technologies Inc. says it's trying to help people convicted of non-violent felonies in California get jobs as drivers. The company said Wednesday it's steering prospective drivers with felony ...
P/C Execs Predict Cyber Growth and a Democrat in the White House
Leaders of the property/casualty insurance industry expect 2016 to be a profitable year much like 2015 but do not see any increase in profitability this year for most lines of insurance, and they do ...
ACE and Chubb Set to Close Their Mega-Merger Deal
ACE Ltd. and Chubb were set to close their $29.7 billion merger agreement on Jan. 14 – a scant six months after the companies first announced their surprise deal. The Chubb name will represent the ...
Texas Tornadoes Led to Bulk of Dec. U.S. Insured Storm Losses: Aon Benfield
The last 10 days of 2015 turned out to be brutal in terms of weather, contributing to at least $2 billion in insured losses for the month of December, according to Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting. ...
California Welcomes El Niño-Driven Rain and Snow
Egged on by El Nino, rain is falling across California. While it's welcome, wanted and setting records, it still isn't enough to bust the drought. That doesn't mean the mood is dour because after ...