International
Endurance Built Up Its Underwriting In a Mixed 3rd Quarter
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. reported a mixed 2014 third quarter stemming from big investments in underwriting and also some remnants from its failed push to snatch up Bermuda reinsurance rival ...
Britain’s Legal & General Group: Corporate Bulk Annuities Soar in 2014
Legal & General Group Plc's shares gained in London trading after the insurer said 2014 will be a record year for its corporate bulk annuities business, mitigating a 61 percent slump in sales to ...
CNA Wants 11,000 Former Employees to Give Up Their Pensions
CNA Financial Corp., the commercial insurer majority-owned by Loews Corp., offered lump-sum payments to 11,000 former employees to encourage them to give up their pensions. The program could reduce ...
The Odds Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg Will Win His Bailout Lawsuit are Increasing
Lawyer David Boies has a shot at an upset win in the trial of Maurice "Hank" Greenberg's $25 billion bailout case against the U.S. government, a turnaround from the weak odds he was given just a ...
U.N. Report Says Emissions Must be Cut to Zero by 2100 to Curb Climate Risks
Governments can keep climate change in check at manageable costs but will have to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2100 to limit risks of irreversible damage, a U.N. report said on Sunday. The ...
Mexico at Risk For Another Potential Pacific Hurricane
With just about a month left in the eastern Pacific's hurricane season, Mexico is once again the target of a tropical system on its western coast. The latest system, Tropical Storm Vance, was ...
Africa is Luring Global Insurance Companies
Global insurance companies are flocking to Africa, where millions of people have started earning enough to afford business cover and protection for their families, said private equity firm LeapFrog ...
Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for South Korea Ferry Captain
South Korean prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for the captain of a ferry that sank in April, killing more than 300 people, and life sentences to three key crew members, a court ...