Industry News
RSA Insurance Turns to Ex-RBS Boss Hester as CEO
RSA Insurance Group Plc hired former Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Stephen Hester to lead the U.K. insurer, as it seeks to put a scandal at its Irish unit behind it. ...
AIG Ex-CEO Greenberg Loses Bid to Remove Judge From New York AG Case
Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the former chairman of American International Group Inc., lost his bid to remove a judge from a lawsuit brought in 2005 by the New York state attorney general accusing him ...
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AXIS Sets Up Healthcare Liability Insurance Unit
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced Monday that Kimber Lantry will lead a newly formed Healthcare unit at AXIS Insurance. The unit will focus on providing professional liability insurance and ...
U.S. Insurance Labor Outlook Study Webinar Next Week
The Jacobson Group and Ward Group will reveal the results of the Semi-Annual U.S. Insurance Industry Labor Outlook Study in a complimentary webinar presentation on Feb. 18, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. EST. ...
Esurance Giving Away $1.5M in Twitter Sweepstakes
Direct car insurance provider Esurance is giving consumers a chance to win $1.5 million in a Twitter sweepstakes. Actor John Krasinski announced Esurance's Twitter sweepstakes in a television ...
No Disclosure of Lawmakers’ Own Crop Insurance Payments in Farm Bill
Crop insurers successfully lobbied to keep several proposals out of the farm bill set to pass the U.S. Congress today -- such as a requirement that would have forced farmer-lawmakers to disclose ...Starr Opens Branch Office in Canada; Names Pak as Country Executive
Starr Insurance & Reinsurance Limited said it has been approved to open a branch office in Canada by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions in Canada (OSFI). Starr said it has ...
Richer Nations at Risk from Sell-Off in Emerging Markets
Any spill-over damage to the developed world from a sell-off in emerging markets is likely to come through violent swings in financial flows rather than via lost trade, with Japan seen as most ...