Specialty
California Drought to Continue Through Summer
California doesn't have much chance for rain in the next five months, and its best opportunity to break the drought there may hinge on the emergence of an El Niño in the Pacific Ocean this year, ...
Schmidt Joins Argo as Group CUO
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products, has appointed Axel Schmidt as group chief underwriting officer. He will succeed ...Berkshire Specialty Treks Into Travel Coverage
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s Peter Eastwood, hired last year to expand into more insurance niches, is pushing into travel coverage in the latest challenge to American International Group Inc., his ...
Packer Now Torus CEO as O’Donohoe Steps Down
With the acquisition of Torus Insurance Holdings Limited having been completed on April 1, acquirers Enstar Group Limited and Stone Point Capital LLC joined Torus in announcing senior management ...
Zurich Insurance’s New CFO Makes His Formal Debut, Touting Solid Q1 Results
New Zurich Insurance Group CFO George Quinn is only in his first full month on the job, but he confidently touted a solid 2014 first quarter performance in a pre-filmed video for analysts and the ...
Google Getting Takedown Requests After ‘Right-to-be-Forgotten’ Ruling
Google Inc. is already getting requests to remove objectionable personal information from its search engine after Europe's top court ruled that subjects have the "right to be forgotten," a source ...
Bluegrass State Makes 50 for Lloyd’s Surplus Lines Eligibility
Lloyd's will have surplus lines eligibility in all 50 US states when legislation passed in Kentucky comes into effect in July, Lloyd's announced Wednesday. Lloyd's is also an admitted insurer in ...
Iranian Hackers Becoming Aggressive: Cyber Security Experts
Iranian hackers have become increasingly aggressive and sophisticated, moving from disrupting and defacing U.S. websites to engaging in cyber espionage, security experts say. According to Silicon ...