International
Executives On The Move at JLT Specialty USA, Old Republic, CoreLogic and More
JLT Specialty USA has a new senior vice president. Old Republic International Corp. brought on a veteran executive from The Hartford in a leadership role. CoreLogic hired a chief legal officer. An ...
Belgium’s Ageas Sells Stake in Italian Insurer to BNP for $213.6M
Brussels-based insurer Ageas on Dec. 29 completed the sale of its stake in Italian bancassurer Cargeas Assicurazioni (CARGEAS) to BNP Paribas Cardif for $213.6 million in cash. Ageas and BNP Paribas ...
Aon Completes $475M Agreement to Acquire The Townsend Group
Insurance brokerage and consultant Aon has completed its $475 million acquisition of The Townsend Group, a global investment management and advisory services firm focused on real estate and real ...
Widespread Reinsurance Price Hikes Unlikely Even After Record 2017 Catastrophe Losses: Willis Re
The estimated $136 billion in catastrophe loss estimates for 2017 is one for the record books. But resulting, widespread reinsurance price hikes in 2018 aren't likely, Willis Re said in a new report. ...
UK Official Warns EU Can’t ‘Cherry Pick’ Post-Brexit Trade Deal
The European Union can't pick and choose which bits of its economic relationship with Britain it maintains and which it eliminates in any future trade deal, U.K. Brexit Secretary David Davis said, ...
QBE Settles Australia Class Action Suit Over Profit Warning for $103.2M
QBE Insurance Group Ltd. has agreed to pay $103.2 million to settle a shareholder class action in Australia. The class action was commenced by Money Max Interest Pty Ltd on Sept. 9, 2015 in the ...
China’s Fosun Group Turns to Local M&A; $3B in New Bonds Reportedly Planned
Fosun Group is planning to raise as much as 21 billion yuan ($3.2 billion) selling local bonds as the Chinese insurance-to-pharmaceutical conglomerate refinances debt and increases its investments ...
Watsa’s Fairfax Financial Closes $1.6B Sale of Singapore Insurer to Mitsui Sumitomo
Fairfax Financial Holdings said it has successfully sold off a Singapore insurer it owned to Japan's Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company for $1.6 billion. The deal between the Toronto, Canada-based P/C ...