International
Recruiting and Retention in the New Economy
We made it! We survived the economic instability of the past few years and have more than rebounded. The insurance industry is well ahead of the greater economy; and the picture painted by our labor ...
Fitch: Global Insurance Capital Standard Adds Uncertainty
Plans by the Basel-based International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) to develop a risk-based global insurance capital standard add further uncertainty for the insurance industry, ...
Pirate Attacks by Heavily Armed Gangs Surge off Nigerian Coast
Pirate attacks off Nigeria's coast have jumped by a third this year with ships passing through West Africa's Gulf of Guinea, a major commodities hub, increasingly under threat from gangs wanting to ...
What Lured Aon, Noble and Others to Move Headquarters to London
The Swiss town of Baar boasts clean air, easy access to ski slopes and some of Europe's lowest personal taxes. London? Traffic and perpetual drizzle. Yet executives at Noble Corp., a provider of ...
Lehman’s Australia Creditors Approve $48 Million Insurance Deal
Creditors of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s Australian unit approved an insurance payment plan allowing them to recover about $48 million of investment losses. U.S. insurers agreed to provide $45 ...
Allianz CEO Diekmann: Solvency II, Basel Create Room for Acquisitions
Michael Diekmann, chief executive officer of Allianz SE said tougher financial regulation will create takeover opportunities for Europe's biggest insurer. "If Solvency II and Basel III mean more ...October Typhoon Activity in Asia Fast Reaching Record Status: RMS
October 2013 has been remarkably active for typhoons in the West Pacific. Halfway through the month the region has already seen the formation of six tropical storms—four of which have reached ...
Allianz CEO: Expanding Pimco Equity Tougher Than Expected
Michael Diekmann, whose Allianz SE owns Bill Gross's Pacific Investment Management Co., said a plan by the bond-fund manager to expand into equities is proving harder than expected. Pimco's stock ...