Industry News
General Insurance Blues: AIG Ended 2018 With Another Money-Losing Quarter
American International Group's road to profitability continues to be both slow and challenging. High catastrophe losses in the fourth quarter presented yet another obstacle. The property/casualty ...
Suit Alleges Maiden Holdings Failed to Address and Disclose AmTrust Portfolio Risks
Maiden Holdings Ltd. is named in a class action investor lawsuit alleging that it failed to adequately address and reveal portfolio risks involving AmTrust Financial Services, its largest customer. ...
Dispute With Insurers Cited By Talc Supplier Filing Bankruptcy
Imerys Talc America Inc., which supplies talc for products including Johnson & Johnson's baby powder, filed for bankruptcy protection in an effort to end nearly a decade's worth of lawsuits ...
Specialty Broker USI Insurance Services Will Snatch Up U.S. Risk Insurance Group
Dallas-based property/casualty program and specialty brokerage firm U.S. Risk Insurance Group (U.S. Risk) announced it has agreed to be acquired by USI Insurance Services (USI). The transaction is ...
EU Urges UK PM May to Endorse Permanent Post-Brexit Customs Union
European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Monday British Prime Minister Theresa May should endorse a permanent customs union with the bloc - as proposed by the opposition Labour party - ...
Executives On The Move at AIG, Holborn Corp. and the Global Insurance Accelerator
AIG picked a new head of communications for its Investments organization. Holborn Corporation hired a veteran Gen Re executive. The Global Insurance Accelerator brought on a new executive who will ...
Job Losses Expected as AXA XL Merges European Teams
AXA's $15 billion acquisition of XL Group last fall will lead to further integration, consolidation and job cuts, according to a draft plan the company released on Feb. 12. The M&A deal between ...
Who Will Cover Gig Workers for Injuries on the Job?
The rise of an on-demand economy once threatened to put workers compensation insurers in the hot seat, in large part because the question of how the sector could, or should, cover these individuals ...