Industry News
Insurers May Face $2.5B in Claims With Next WannaCry Cyber Attack
Cyber crime insurers largely avoided costly claims from the recent attacks that hit business around the globe. The next global virus could change that. "It's exceptionally likely that we will see an ...
Watsa’s Fairfax Financial Closes ‘Most Significant’ Deal Yet: $4.9B Allied World Acquisition
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., the Toronto-based investment and insurance company, has successfully completed its acquisition of Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings, for $4.9 billion – marking ...
Swiss Re Switches $130B in Liquid Assets to Track Ethical Indices
Swiss Re is switching the entire $130 billion it holds in liquid assets to track ethical indices, the latest move towards principled investments by the insurance industry. The world's second-largest ...
New AIG Global COO Zaffino Gets Initial Pay Package Worth Over $8.5M
American International Group's new Global Chief Operating Officer Peter Zaffino starts his tenure at the struggling insurer with an initial pay package worth more than $8.5 million, according to a ...
China Insurance Premiums Soared in 2016, Slowed Down Most Other Places
Global insurance premiums increased by 3.1 percent in real terms during 2016, down from growth of 4.3 percent reported in 2015, according to Swiss Re Institute's sigma study. The report described ...
Entertainment Insurance Challenges Laid Bare by Fyre Festival Collapse
Already facing numerous lawsuits, Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland was arrested on federal charges last week. The government alleged he defrauded investors who bought into Fyre Media Inc., the ...
AXIS Will Grab Lloyd’s Specialty Insurer/Reinsurer Novae for $604M
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced it is acquiring Novae Group plc, a specialty insurer and reinsurer that operates through Lloyd's of London. "The US$604 million transaction adds scale and breadth ...
AIG Appoints Marsh CEO Zaffino, an Old Duperreault Colleague, as Global COO
New American International Group CEO Brian Duperreault turned to an old colleague as his first big executive hire, appointing Marsh LLC CEO Peter Zaffino as executive vice president and global chief ...