International
As Expected, Munich Re’s Net Profit Fell During Q1
The world's largest reinsurer, Munich Re, reported an almost 5 percent drop in net profit in the first quarter, as a strong euro dragged down premium income. "Despite negative currency effects, we ...
Swiss Re’s Q1 P/C Premiums Soared, But So Did Its Combined Ratio
Swiss Re Group saw its net income plunge in the 2014 first quarter, but the reinsurance giant said it still performed well compared with the "exceptional" results it produced over the same period ...
AIG’s Q1 P/C Results Dip, But Execs Promise More Even Year
Two years after repaying a U.S. bailout, American International Group Inc. faces another challenge: a big decline in net income and a dip in property/casualty insurance results during its 2014 first ...
Tyco Moving to Ireland as Swiss Tighten Laws on Exec Pay, Immigration
Security systems maker Tyco International said its board had approved a proposal to move the company's headquarters to Ireland from Switzerland, citing recent Swiss laws capping executive pay and ...
New Drugs Target Asbestos-Linked Cancer; Japan Faces ‘Asbestos Tsunami’
Heather Von St. James, 45, remembers her father, a demolition worker, coming home covered in dust and dirt. Still, she'd hug him each night and, sometimes, put on his coat and shoes to play. Thirty ...
Allianz to Face Shareholder Pressure Over Pimco Performance
Allianz shareholders will publicly press its top executives next week to address the underperformance of its Pimco fund management unit in the hope that the German insurer will look more closely at ...
Hiscox Boosts Terrorism Risk Coverage Capacity
Specialist insurer Hiscox will drastically boost its capacity to handle U.S. domiciled terrorism risk coverage, even as Congress continues to debate renewing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. ...
Top 10 Countries in Manufacturing; U.S. is ‘Rising Star’
Call it the comeback kid. A new ranking of the competitiveness of the world's top 25 exporting countries says the United States is once again a "rising star" of global manufacturing thanks to falling ...