International
AmTrust Refutes Negative Report on Accounting, Says Future ‘Never Been Brighter’
AmTrust Financial Services Inc. (AFSI), a New York-headquartered insurer whose stock price fell last week in wake of a negative report from research firm GeoInvesting, is assuring investors its ...
S&P Cuts RSA Insurance Credit Rating Citing ‘Weakening’ Management
RSA Insurance Group Plc may be set for more downgrades, threatening its ability to retain commercial clients, after Standard & Poor's cut its credit rating to the lowest in more than a decade. ...
Make Sure That Classic Car Isn’t a Fake
In the 1930s, British sports-car maker MG made exactly 33 of the K3 open-top race car. If you want to buy one now, there are more than 100 to choose from. No, the defunct carmaker didn't restart ...
Reinsurance Pricing Dropping Faster than Expected: Nomura
In a research note published late last week, analysts at Nomura Equity Research reported that prices for Jan. 1 reinsurance renewals are falling faster than expected, with some U.S. property ...
Lloyd’s Appoints Inga Beale as CEO
The Council of Lloyd's announced that Inga Beale has been appointed to the position of chief executive to succeed Richard Ward, effective Jan. 1, 2014. Beale comes to Lloyd's with three decades of ...AIG Selling Aircraft Leasing Firm for $5 Billion
American International Group Inc. agreed to sell the world's second-largest aircraft lessor to AerCap Holdings NV for $5 billion after a group of Chinese bidders missed deadlines to purchase the ...
Sompo Japan Weighs Acquisition of U.K.’s Canopius Group
Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., a unit of Japan's third-largest casualty insurer group by market value, is considering buying U.K.'s Canopius Group Ltd. as it continues an overseas expansion. The ...
Insurance Australia Group Buying Wesfarmers’ Insurance Business
Insurance Australia Group Ltd., the nation's biggest car and home insurer, will buy Wesfarmers Ltd.'s insurance underwriting businesses in Australia and New Zealand for A$1.85 billion ($1.66 ...