Industry News
AmTrust Financial Services Will Pursue $162 Million Offering
AmTrust Financial Services Inc. is selling $162 million of stock after striking deals this week to buy an insurance brokerage and a company that protects customers against losses on consumer ...
Marsh Acquires Belgian Trade Credit Insurer
Insurance broker Marsh announced Wednesday that it has acquired Trade Insure NV, a leading distributor of credit insurance policies in Belgium. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in ...
FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums Reportedly Set For Reduction
As part of an effort to expand homeownership among entry-level buyers, President Barack Obama will announce a cut in Federal Housing Administration mortgage-insurance premiums during a speech in ...
Verisk: Cat Bond Issuance Hit Record Levels for Second Year in a Row
For the second year in a row, catastrophe bond issuance has hit record levels, an annual tally from the Property Claim Services unit of Verisk Insurance Solutions has concluded. Bond levels reached ...
Newly Public Specialty Insurer James River May Be a Takeover Target
James River Group Holdings Ltd. could be a takeover target after hedge fund firm D.E. Shaw took the insurer public, according to an analyst at BMO Capital Markets. The insurer will probably post ...
TRIA Renewal Effort Begins Again With Republican-Led Congress
Twenty-eight trade groups representing the property/casualty industry and other businesses around the country are urging the U.S. House of Representatives to back a bill that would renew the ...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Adds Pollution Coverage
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance announced Tuesday that it is expanding its U.S. casualty underwriting capabilities to include pollution exposures and has named Chuck Hasselback to head its ...
Ebix Settles IRS Audit Pertaining to Past Acquisitions
Ebix said it has resolved an IRS audit regarding five years of tax returns, and will take a hit on 2014 fourth quarter net income as a result. The Georgia company, which offers software and ...