International
Aspen Names New Reinsurance CEO
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. - fresh from successfully rebuffing an M&A bid from a Bermuda reinsurance rival - has named a new leader of its reinsurance arm. The company said that Stephen ...
S&P: Reinsurers Downplay Climate Change at Their Own Risk
Reinsurers must not take climate change for granted or underestimate its impact. If they do, they risk dealing with higher levels of catastrophic risks that fall way outside of their financial ...
Industry Execs See Reinsurance Market Woes Continuing
The worst reinsurance market in memory looks set to carry into 2015, industry executives said. An absence of costly disasters and increasing competition from new entrants dragged on prices this year, ...
Regulatory Change Positions Pakistan’s Insurance Sector For Expansion
Pakistan's insurance sector is set for a boost in competition which could help spread the uptake of insurance after the industry regulator allowed conventional firms to offer sharia-compliant ...
Hackers Present Challenges For Driverless Car Initiatives
A red VW Golf jerks back and forth as it maneuvers into a parking space in the English spa town of Cheltenham. The halting efforts resemble those of a new driver, and in a sense they are -- just not ...
Two Everest Re Divisions Team to Offer Global Specialty Coverages
Two divisions of Everest Re Group will combine to offer specialty coverages outside of the United States and Canada, essentially going global in their efforts. Specialty Insurance Group (SIG) and ...
China’s Ping An Insurance Rolls Out Homebuyer Financing
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China's second-largest insurer, started a service financing down payments for potential homebuyers as more Chinese cities ease purchase restrictions to bolster sales ...