International
Global Insurance Premium Grows at Healthy Clip Despite Trade Slowdown: Swiss Re
Despite a challenging business environment and global trade slowdown in 2015, global direct premiums written grew by 3.8 percent in real terms, up from 3.5 percent in 2014, according to Swiss Re's ...
VW’s $15B Diesel-Cheating Settlement Will Only Go Higher in Months Head
Volkswagen AG's $15.3 billion agreement to get a half million emissions-cheating diesel vehicles off U.S. roads sets an auto-industry record that will only go higher as criminal probes and lawsuits ...
Executives On The Move at XL Catlin, Starr Companies, JLT Re and More
XL Catlin tapped a former AIG executive to lead its new division focused on global mergers and acquisitions. Starr Companies hired a new person to lead its Financial Lines arm. JLT Re named a Guy ...
China’s Fosun Pledges Ironshore Will Hit IPO ASAP This Year
Fosun Group, China's biggest private conglomerate, will list U.S. property/casualty insurer Ironshore Inc "as soon as possible" this year, Guo Guangchang, the company's billionaire co-founder and ...
Brexit Fallout: QBE to Review UK-Based Operations; Marsh Maps Exit Options
QBE Insurance Group announced this week that it will be reviewing its U.K.-based operations in light of last week's vote in the U.K. to leave the European Union. "The referendum outcome may require a ...
AIR Worldwide Introduces Earthquake Model for India
Catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide, a Verisk Analytics business, has released a new earthquake model for India that estimates losses to residential, commercial and small industrial buildings as ...
Brexit Vote Fallout Will Not Be Solved Quickly
To leave, or not to leave: That is the question. Still. After Britain's historic vote to leave the European Union, there is no indication that a so-called Brexit will happen soon. It maybe never ...
TransCanada Files $15B NAFTA Claim on Obama Keystone XL Rejection
TransCanada Corp. is seeking to recoup $15 billion for the Obama administration's rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, in a legal claim that highlights how foreign companies can use trade deals ...