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Executives On The Move at AIG, QBE North America and Aspen Re
An Accenture veteran is joining AIG to fill a leadership role within its General Insurance Division. QBE North America appointed a new president, Alternative Markets. Aspen Re named a Tokio ...
The U.S. Faced Record Reports of Tornadoes, Hail, Winds in May: Aon
The U.S. dealt with close to 4,400 reports of tornadoes, hail and straight-line winds in May, the most since 2011, according to weather data cited by Aon's monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report. ...
AIG CEO Duperreault Pledges to Keep Reaching Out to Shareholders Over Executive Pay
American International Group Inc Chief Executive Officer Brian Duperreault said on Thursday the insurer is reaching out to shareholders, per its usual custom, who last month gave his $21 million ...
Wells Fargo Will Pay at Least $385M to Settle Auto Insurance Scam
Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to pay at least $385 million to customers who say they were signed up for auto insurance without their knowledge or consent when they took out a car loan. Terms of the ...
Swiss Re Moves Ahead With Planned $4.5B IPO for UK Life Biz
Swiss Re is pressing ahead with plans to float its $4.5 billion UK life insurance business in London to put it under a more favorable regulatory regime and give it easier access to capital to fund ...
Carrier/InsurTech Partnerships Offer Short-Term Benefits: J.D. Power Expert
Carriers seeking to build up their InsurTech capacity face a number of choices to get there—some quite pricey. In the short term, partnerships may be the most cost-effective and least risky way to ...
One Big Storm Added to This Year’s Hurricane Season Forecasts
It only takes one. Just ask the survivors of Superstorm Sandy or Hurricane Katrina. Colorado State University, which pioneered seasonal storm forecasting 36 years ago, on Tuesday upped the ante for ...
AIG Appoints Validus Re’s Driscoll to General Insurance Leadership Role
American International Group appointed the former CEO of Validus Re to a leadership role within its General Insurance unit. Ken Driscoll was named Global Chief Underwriting Officer for Property and ...