Industry News
Aon Benfield Sees a Positive Angle In Reinsurance Capital Trends
The roller coaster ride engendered by the entry of large amounts of alternative capital into the reinsurance market – originally seen as a threat – has turned out to be a major factor in ...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Names Execs for New Hong Kong Operation
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance announced Sunday that it has received an insurance license to carry on all classes of general business in Hong Kong. BHSI also announced the following ...
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Pleases Investors With Takeover Push
Warren Buffett said last year that Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s future will be about buying big businesses and expanding them over time. As he celebrates his golden anniversary running the company, ...
Australia Declares a Catastrophe as Wildfires Spread
Crews in South Australia are battling to stabilize wildfires and protect homes as a hot weather forecast in coming days threatens to fan the flames. Firefighters used planes from neighboring Victoria ...
FIO Report on Global Reinsurance Industry Released
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office released a report outlining the role the global reinsurance industry plays in the U.S. insurance industry late last year. The report, ...
Willis Re: TRIA’s Demise Leaves Companies Actively Pursuing Alternate Coverage
Companies are actively pursuing alternative coverage to fill in reinsurance gaps left by the demise of TRIA after Dec. 31, Willis Re said in its Jan. 1, 2015 renewals report. "There are many ...
Bank of America’s Countrywide Mortgage Bonds Trigger Ambac Lawsuit
Ambac Assurance Corp sued Bank of America Corp to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars of losses from insuring roughly $1.68 billion of securities backed at least in part by risky mortgages from ...
Brown & Brown Selling Axiom Re Assets to Beach Re
In connection with a strategy to exit the reinsurance brokerage space, insurance intermediary Brown & Brown, Inc. said it is selling certain assets of subsidiary Axiom Re LP to Beach Re Limited ...