Executives On The Move at Chubb and Willis Towers Watson
Chubb named a new senior underwriter for its Global Markets unit. Willis Towers Watson appointed one of its rising executives to a new role within its Corporate Risk and Broking segment.
Sompo International Rolls Out European Specialty Insurance Underwriting Division
Sompo International is launching a new European specialty insurance underwriting operation. The Bermuda-based specialty provider of property/casualty insurance said the division initially will focus ...
VW Catches a Break: U.S. Judge Dismisses Bondholder Suit Over Excess Emissions
A U.S. judge late Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by institutional investors who purchased bonds from Volkswagen AG's U.S. unit and claimed the automaker had made false and misleading statements ...
XL Group CEO McGavick Comments on AXA Acquisition Agreement
XL Group CEO Mike McGavick has issued the following statement to clients and brokers in response to today's announcement that XL has entered into an agreement to be acquired by French insurer AXA. ...
France’s AXA to Acquire P/C Insurer XL Group for $15.3B
AXA SA agreed to buy XL Group Ltd. for $15.3 billion in cash, seeking to capture a bigger slice of the U.S. property and casualty market as premiums rise after last year's natural disasters. The ...
Generali Reportedly Evaluating Bids for German Life Biz
Athene Holding Ltd. and Viridium Group GmbH submitted binding bids for Assicurazioni Generali SpA's 40 billion-euro ($49 billion) German life insurance portfolio, according to people with knowledge ...
AIG Will Sell Travel Insurance to Expedia’s Customers
Insurer American International Group Inc on Friday said that it has struck a deal with online travel services provider Brand Expedia Group to sell travel insurance to the company's global customers. ...
Shah Departs as RMS CEO; Silicon Valley Vet White Replaces Him
Hemant Shah is out as CEO of catastrophe modeler RMS, and veteran Silicon Valley technology executive Karen White has been appointed to replace him. It is unclear if Shah, who is also an RMS ...
Global Insurers Flock to Luxembourg, Prepping for Post-Brexit Operations
More than 20 major international institutions chose to set up all or part of their activities in Luxembourg last year, the country's financial development agency said on Thursday, linking the ...