International
April Renewals Achieve Rate Hike Range From Flat to 25 Percent: Willis Re
While there were no signs of generalized rate hardening during the April 1, 2019 renewal season, reinsurers have adopted a "rational" rating approach, asking for price increases of up to 25 percent, ...
Tokio Marine HCC Snatches Up NAS Insurance Services for Undisclosed Price
Tokio Marine HCC has acquired NAS Insurance Services, LLC, a specialty insurance underwriter focused on cyber and professional liability . Neither side is disclosing financial details. NAS is a ...
Rockefeller Foundation Plans to Wind Down Climate Resilience Push
The Rockefeller Foundation will end funding and dismiss the staff at its 100 Resilient Cities program, the largest privately funded climate-adaptation initiative in the U.S., the foundation announced ...
Executives On The Move at Sompo International and AXA XL
Sompo International promoted a long-time executive in a branch of its commercial property/casualty business. A long-time executive affiliated with AXA XL is stepping down from one of its divisions to ...
More Brexit Chaos as UK Parliament Rejects Four Alternative Plans
Britain was no nearer to resolving the chaos surrounding its departure from the European Union after parliament failed on Monday to find a majority of its own for any alternative to Prime Minister ...
Ex-Wells Fargo Official to Join AIG in Security Leadership Role; Three Nominated to Board
American International Group, Inc. hired a former Wells Fargo & Company executive and government security official in a leadership role, and separately nominated three new board members. Rich ...
Ethiopian Airlines Crash Could Become Largest Non-War Aviation Reinsurance Claim on Record: Willis Re
Liability claims related to the Ethiopian Airlines crash and the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft could be the largest non-war aviation reinsurance claim on record, hitting reinsurers' ...
Extreme Weather Makes Weather Trackers Valuable to Insurers, Banks, Commodity Traders
Every uptick in wind speed along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline is of enormous interest to Mike Eilts. The senior vice president for weather at DTN, a Minnesota-based analytics firm, knows that an ...