Industry News
Commercial Auto Insurance Remains a Loser on the Whole: Fitch
While the property/casualty insurance industry has reported three consecutive years of significant underwriting profits, the commercial auto market as a whole reported an underwriting loss for the ...
Sapnar Elected RAA Board Chair
Michael Sapnar, president and CEO of Transatlantic Re, was elected chair of the Reinsurance Association of America's board of directors at the 48th annual meeting on April 28, 2016. Sapnar is ...
Two Sigma Co-Founder Siegel: Machines Taking Over Human Jobs Worrisome
David Siegel, co-founder of $35 billion quantitative hedge fund Two Sigma, says he's "very worried" that machines could soon cost large swaths of the global workforce their jobs. "Most people in the ...
RSA More Valuable Since Zurich Bid Dropped: CEO Hester
RSA Insurance Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Stephen Hester says the company, which was the subject of an abandoned 5.6 billion-pound ($8.1 billion) takeover offer, is now much more valuable for ...
Japanese M&A Wave to Continue in U.S. Insurance Market: Bankers
Japanese insurers made more than $18 billion worth of acquisitions in the U.S. last year, and their spending spree isn't over yet, industry dealmakers said on Tuesday. Japan has a number of large, ...
U.S. Mortage Insurance Brightens an Uneven 2016 Global Market: S&P
Mortgage insurers in the U.S. are set for a robust 2016, a bright spot in an otherwise uneven global market, where success will depend on the region of the world in which carriers are doing business, ...
MAPFRE Promotes CEO Credited with Greatly Expanding U.S. Operations
MAPFRE S.A. made two big changes to its global executive roster, with one executive in particular gaining a greater role after successfully growing the insurer's U.S. operations. The Spanish ...
U.S. Insured Losses Hit $3.8B in Q1; Worst in a Decade: PCS/Verisk
Catastrophe activity in the U.S. led to $3.8 billion in insured losses in 29 states during the 2016 first quarter, with much of the damage hitting Texas. Those events were the worst in a decade in ...