Industry News
Trump to California: Change Forest Management Practices or Lose Wildfire Aid
President Donald Trump, who has blamed California's forest management for last year's disastrous fires, threatened to halt the Federal Emergency Management Agency's assistance to victims unless that ...
Liberty Mutual Once Again Taps Capital Markets’ Reinsurance Capacity
Liberty Mutual has once again directly tapped capital markets' reinsurance capacity via the Bermuda collateralized reinsurance sidecar, Limestone Re Ltd. Limestone Re provides approximately $150 ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS, AXA XL and W.R. Berkley’s Acadia Insurance
AXIS Capital Holdings brought in a former Allstate executive as its new chief analytics officer. AXA XL hired on a new executive for its Excess Casualty Insurance team. W.R. Berkley Corp.'s Acadia ...
HDI Global Specialty SE Makes Its Debut
A new specialty lines insurer is making its debut – HDI Global Specialty SE. HDI Global Specialty SE was created by merging Hannover Re's and HDI Global SE's specialty lines. HDI Global SE holds ...
Insurers Spent One Dollar in Four on Forest Fires Through 2018: Munich Re
Forest fires are becoming increasingly likely because of climate change and costing insurers more than ever, with the deadly fire that ravaged northern California the single most expensive natural ...
Executives On The Move at Grange Insurance and BHSI
Grange Insurance Association has a new CEO, an executive promoted from within to replace a longtime leader who retired. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance appointed a new senior claims adjuster ...
Everest Re CEO Addesso Will Retire at 2019’s End
Everest Re Group Ltd. President and CEO Dominic Addesso plans to retire at the end of 2019, the Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer disclosed on Jan. 7. The board of directors has already begun a ...
Billions in Federal Storm Mitigation Money Not Being Spent
The Trump administration is sitting on billions of dollars intended to help vulnerable cities and states prepare for extreme weather, prompting growing criticism from state officials worried about ...