International
Willis Brings on AIG Exec to (Eventually) Run U.K. Insurance Arm
A veteran AIG executive is set to become the next CEO of Willis Group Holdings' U.K. insurance arm, but the transition process will be a gradual one. Nicholas Aubert has been named "chief executive ...
HSBC Slammed By Turkey Cyber Attack; 2.7M Customers’ Bank Data Lost
HSBC Holdings Plc's Turkish unit said it lost 2.7 million customers' bank data in a cyber-attack, after a similar security breach at JPMorgan Chase & Co. The hack resulted in the theft of data on ...
Report: China’s Anbang Insurance Mulling a $2B IPO
Anbang Insurance Group Co., the Chinese insurer buying New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel, is planning an initial public offering that could raise about $2 billion, people with knowledge of the matter ...
Survey: Cyber Attacks + Terrorism Top Reinsurance Worries
Cyber attacks and terrorism may be shaping up as the big emerging risks reinsurers face in 2015. About 40 percent of industry respondents to a recent Guy Carpenter & Co. survey said cyber attacks ...
Global Insurers Bidding for Turkey’s Halkbank Insurance/Pension Arms
Insurers from Europe, Asia and the United States are among some 20 potential bidders in the sale by Turkey's state-run Halkbank of its pension and insurance arms, three sources close to the process ...
CEOs Traveling to Asia Targeted by ‘Darkhotel’ Cyber Spies
Business executives traveling in Asia and elsewhere have become victims of malware called Darkhotel, a bug that targets guests of high-end hotels through their networks, a computer-security firm ...
Liberty Mutual Discloses Major Q3 Gains
Liberty Mutual Holding Company concluded its 2014 third quarter with another jump in net income, higher revenues, a new reinsurance agreement and more than $1 billion in debt raised to help ...
Cyber Attacks Hit Catalan Govt. Computers During Independence Vote
Catalan government computer systems were attacked by professional-style hackers during the disputed independence vote on Nov. 9, putting basic services at risk, Regional President Artur Mas said. The ...