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Allianz & Maiden Keep Automotive OEMs in Sight With Expanded Insurance Partnership
Allianz is expanding its alliance with Maiden Holdings with a goal of bringing new insurance coverage to automotive original equipment manufacturers and their customers. Neither side is disclosing ...
Executives On The Move at Zurich, Hiscox and More
We have a number of promotions and new hires to tell you about at Zurich, Generali, Hiscox and Preferred Mutual. *** Zurich Insurance Group is bringing in a new CEO to run its general insurance ...
Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance to Snatch Up Amlin for $5.3B
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. agreed to buy Lloyd's of London insurer Amlin plc for about 3.47 billion pounds ($5.3 billion), joining an overseas deal spree by Japanese peers. Amlin shares ...
P/C Insurers Among Fortune’s Fastest Growing Companies
Even though growth seems hard to come by for property/casualty insurers, five made the top 25 of Fortune's 100 fastest growing companies published late last month. One of the five—Federated ...
Drought’s Economic Damage Went Global in August: Aon Benfield
Severe drought in the western U.S. caused economic losses in August of at least $3 billion, mostly from agricultural damage in California, Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting said in a new report. ...
Report: Zurich Pulling Together $8.4B Financing For RSA Bid
Zurich Insurance Group AG has arranged 5.5 billion pounds ($8.4 billion) in financing for the takeover of smaller rival RSA Insurance Group Plc, according to people with knowledge of the plan, ...
Insurance Losses From Tianjin Explosion Could Hit $3.3B: Guy Carpenter
The two massive explosions which hit China's Port of Tianjin last month could generate insurance losses of up $3.3 billion, according to a report published by Guy Carpenter. The report estimates ...
AIG Aims for Couture Crowd With Designer Clothing Coverage
American International Group is aiming for more high net worth policyholder business with new coverage for couture and other designer clothing – items than can be worth thousands of dollars. AIG is ...