International
AXA’s $15.3B Deal to Buy XL Group Leads to S&P CreditWatch Negative Status
Standard & Poor's placed France's AXA on CreditWatch with negative implications over its planned $15.3 billion purchase of XL Group Ltd. The ratings agency said it is worried about what the ...
Zurich Insurance, Others With WEF Create Fintech Cybersecurity Consortium
The World Economic Forum has led the creation of an industry consortium focused on improving the cybersecurity of financial technology companies, as collaboration between fintechs and financial ...
The Latest Launches From FICO, Greenlight Capital Re and USI Affinity/Hanover
FICO has a new insurance dashboard designed to help underwriters better understand cybersecurity and other exposures. Greenlight Capital Re debuted a new innovation unit. USI Affinity will offer ...
From a Romantic Swiss Hotel to Mega-M&A Deal: The AXA/XL Story
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A VINTAGE M&A ARTICLE FROM 2018 This narrative of the events that led up to the deal is the result of on- and off-record interviews and briefings with more than half a dozen ...
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 ...