Industry News
Treasury’s OFR Contemplating New Study of Systemic Insurance Risk
Expressing concern about risky business in the insurance sector, an advisory committee at Treasury is recommending that its financial data analysis office undertake a detailed study of the sector to ...
RSA’s Hester Taps Buffett’s Berkshire for Reinsurance
After less than a month on the job, RSA Insurance Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Stephen Hester announced a stock sale and tapped Warren Buffett for reinsurance to help strengthen the insurer ...
A market conduct examination is a formal review by a state insurance department of how an insurer operates in the...
NY Court Revives Assured Guaranty’s Damage Claims Against Credit Suisse
A New York appeals court on Thursday revived Assured Guaranty Corp.'s claims for certain damages in its lawsuit against Credit Suisse Group AG over allegedly defective loans underlying ...
XL Group Announces Acquisition of Global Ag Insurance Services
XL Group announced Wednesday that XL Reinsurance America Inc., a subsidiary of XL Group plc, has acquired Global Ag Insurance Services, a crop insurance provider based in the western United States. ...
ACE Establishes Eurasia & Africa Region Business; Names Regional Leader
ACE Group announced today that it has established a new business region, Eurasia & Africa, as part of its Overseas General division—the general insurance operations of the company outside North ...QBE 2013 Loss As Expected; U.S. Mid-Market Biz Under Microscope: CEO
There were no surprises when QBE published its year-end financial results on Tuesday, with a $254 million after-tax loss on the bottom line nearly matching a preannounced estimate delivered by the ...
Records Reveal Fed Difficulty During Heat of 2008 Financial Crisis
Federal Reserve policymakers, in a tense meeting on one of the darkest days of the financial crisis, worried Lehman Brothers' failure would wreak havoc on a teetering financial system but feared ...
Falling Prices Advantage Large Reinsurers, Pressure Smaller Firms
A slump in reinsurance prices is playing to the strengths of the biggest global reinsurers, while piling pressure on smaller competitors to diversify or consolidate. Reinsurers, which help insurers ...