International
Swiss Re Joins Urban Catastrophe Recovery Initiative
Swiss Re is linking with a French utilities company and a U.S. non-profit to help cities better protect key infrastructure and recover more quickly after catastrophe strikes. Specifically, Swiss Re ...
AIG Faced Investor Pressure Long Before Icahn
American International Group Inc. knows what it's like to be circled by hawks. Under pressure in 2009 to repay the insurer's bailout, company executives were in a race to sell assets. Then Robert ...
Travelers Profit Plunges 17 Percent, Slammed by Troubled Energy Investments
Travelers Cos., the only property-casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, said fourth-quarter profit fell 17 percent as investment income declined on low bond yields and valuations for ...
Cyber Security Firm FireEye Grabs Rival for $200M
FireEye Inc said on Wednesday it paid $200 million to buy privately held iSight Partners in a move to boost its cyber intelligence offerings for governments and businesses as the sector consolidates. ...
U.K. Insurer Aviva Targets North America with $402M Canadian Acquisition
Aviva Plc, the U.K.'s second-biggest insurer by market value, agreed to buy a home and auto insurer from Royal Bank of Canada for C$582 million ($402 million) to expand in North America. The purchase ...
ILS Market Reaches New Record, Again: Willis Capital Markets & Advisory
Total non-life insurance linked securities (ILS) capital reached a record $70 billion at year-end 2015 – topping the previous record of $65 billion at year-end 2014, according to the latest ILS ...
Allianz: Business Interruption Remains Huge Risk; Cyber Gaining Fast
Business interruption is the top concern of risk managers heading into 2016 for the fourth year in a row, but cyber is a fast-growing corporate worry, according to a new report from Allianz Global ...
Aspen Buys AgriLogic, Bringing More Changes to U.S. Crop Insurance
Aspen Insurance Holdings snatched up AgriLogic Insurance Services, a Kansas-based crop insurer and agriculture consultant, bring more changes to a sector that has already seen a spike in buying and ...