Industry News
P/C Q1 Hurt by Catastrophe Losses, Lower Investment Gains: A.M. Best
It is clear now: the jump in catastrophe losses during the 2016 first quarter along with lower investment gains hurt U.S. property casualty insurers' bottom lines. While the P/C industry posted a ...
Insurers, Banks See Red Flag in British Property Panic
The run on British property funds has drawn attention to the vulnerability of the commercial real estate sector, largely funded by domestic banks and building societies but increasingly by foreign ...
Bank Cyber Attacks Reportedly Prompting New Fed Safeguards
U.S. regulators plan to require banks to adopt baseline safeguards to shield themselves from cyber threats after a series of assaults cost the industry billions of dollars and shook consumer ...
Executives On The Move at QBE and Swiss Re
Swiss Re's Corporate Solutions arm named a new CEO for its China division. QBE North America hired a new executive who will help shape operations in the western United States. *** Swiss Re Corporate ...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Defends Timing of Autopilot Fatality Disclosure
Tesla Motors alerted regulators to a fatality in one of its electric cars in partial self-driving Autopilot mode nine days after it crashed, the company said on Tuesday, defending its decision not to ...
Insurers Seek Influence on Next Round of Transatlantic Trade Negotiations
Insurers are doing what they can to shape the next negotiating round for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which is set to begin the week of July 11. The TTIP is designed to boost ...
Fast Start to Wildfire Season: Why Golden State Faces Continued Risk
The 2016 U.S. wildfire season got off to an early start, with more than 2.1 million acres scorched through the end of June, the highest year-to-date total since 2011. Although peak fire season in the ...
A.M. Best, SNL Financial Settle Copyright Infringement Suit
A.M. Best Company has resolved a copyright infringement lawsuit against SNL Financial dating back to 2011. Neither side is disclosing detailed terms of the confidential settlement, which addresses ...