Industry News
Industry At Risk: Life Insurers Place $158B Bets on CLOs
They've been billed as a solution to the rock-bottom interest rates weighing down the returns of America's asset managers. Collateralized loan obligations—which package and sell leveraged loans ...
The Hartford Produces Q2 Profit; Announces Job Cut, IT Investment Plans
The Hartford survived second quarter COVID-19 related challenges by producing an overall profit, though the property/casualty insurer announced plans to reduce expenses through job cuts and other ...
Cyber Attacks and Identity Fraud Continue to Rise: Munich Re’s HSB
Consumer-focused identity theft, cyber attacks and online fraud are continuing to rise or remain at robust levels, a new national survey by Munich Re's HSB has found. Nearly 16 percent of individuals ...
CoreLogic Bidders Seek Shareholder Backing to Replace 9 Directors
The investors seeking to take over CoreLogic Inc. plan to solicit support from fellow shareholders to replace nine directors, after the company rejected their $7 billion proposal to take it private. ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg Laments U.S. Govt. Covid-19 Setbacks, Promotes Diversity Initiatives
Chubb's employees have begun to return to their offices in many countries around the world as governments have brought the coronavirus pandemic under control. That's been a problem in the United ...
COVID-19 Couldn’t Stop Robust Quarter for ILS Issuance: Aon
Usage of insurance linked securities the first six months of 2020 is already 20 percent higher than all of 2019, underscoring the sector's momentum and resilience even with the coronavirus pandemic, ...
Liability Shield Controversy Bogs Down Talks Over Coronavirus Relief Bill
Stimulus talks between President Donald Trump's representatives and Democrats bogged down Tuesday over demands by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that his proposed changes to liability law be ...
South African Insurers Acquiesce to Demands for Pandemic Business Interruption Cover
South African insurers are bowing to demands for the payment of losses that businesses suffered during the nation's lockdown. Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Ltd.'s Guardrisk will make settlement ...