International
Investment Income Counters Volatility of Energy Sector Coverage
Specialty insurers covering the energy sector all carry a high-risk profile. Despite that volatility, investment income has helped the group produce positive operating results over the last five ...
Regulators Quiz Google on Actions Related to Privacy Ruling
Google's handling of "right to be forgotten" requests from European citizens came under fire by regulators after the search engine company restricted the removal of Internet links to European sites ...
Bad Weather Likely Cause of Air Algerie Crash: French Officials
Poor weather was the most likely cause of the crash of an Air Algerie flight over the West African state of Mali with 116 people on board, French officials said on Friday. Investigators at the scene ...
Singapore Regulators Urge Airlines to Reconsider Conflict Zone Risks
Singapore's civil aviation authority has asked airlines based in the city-state to review their risk assessment of conflict zones following the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner over ...
Aspen CEO Sees Opportunity in Aviation War Market
While insurers including Allianz SE, Atrium Underwriting Group and AIG have taken recent hits with plane crashes in the Ukraine, Taiwan and elsewhere, Aspen Insurance Holdings has avoided major ...
Allianz’s Pimco Plans For More Democratic Future
When Bill Gross eventually retires as chief investment officer of California-based asset manager Pimco, his "Bond King" crown will go with him. Allianz, the German insurer which owns Pimco, wants to ...
AIG Is Lead Insurer for Taiwan Plane Crash
American International Group Inc. is the lead insurer of the TransAsia Airways Corp. passenger plane that crashed near Taiwan's Magong airport, according to Aon Plc, a broker that tracks the market ...
Global Terrorism Fatalities Up 30%: Maplecroft
Global fatalities from acts of terrorism have risen 30 percent over the last 12 months compared to the five-year average, according to a new security monitoring service from global risk analytics ...