International
Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg Scrambles to Avoid Fraud Trial
In a last-ditch effort to avoid trial, former American International Group Inc Chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg is seeking permission to ask New York's highest court to throw out the accounting ...
Insurer Pessimism Grows Over Investing Opportunities: Goldman Sachs
Insurers are increasingly pessimistic about investment opportunities and wary about everything from an economic slowdown to credit and market volatility, a new Goldman Sachs Asset Management industry ...
European Union Renews Effort to Halt U.S. Reinsurance Collateral Rule
The European Union will mount a fresh bid to persuade the United States to free up the billions of euros in collateral it requires foreign re-insurers to set aside against policies. EU states agreed ...
Travelers Expands Share Repurchase as Q1 Net income Drops
The Travelers Companies reported a big drop in net income during the 2015 first quarter, and its combined ratio nudged slightly higher. Executives attributed the results, in part, to a drop in net ...
Goldman Sachs Resolves U.K. Gender-Discrimination Lawsuit
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. settled a discrimination lawsuit hours before testimony from an analyst who'd claimed she'd been deprived of pay, bonuses and a promotion because of her gender. Sonia ...
BlackRock CEO: Low Interest Rates Threaten Insurers and Pension Funds
Low interest rate policies by central banks around the world are threatening insurance companies and pension funds, said Laurence D. Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc., the world's ...
Zurich’s Declining Earnings Leads to Desk Sharing, Shrinking Office Space
Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland's largest insurer, is shrinking office space at a key unit and will ask staff to share desks to help reverse a drop in earnings. The steps are needed to help ...
The Founder and CEO of Specialty Insurer ANV Abruptly Departs
The founder and CEO of ANV Holdings BV has left the company, according to an April 20 announcement from the Dutch-headquartered global specialty insurance group. R. Matthew Fairfield issued a ...