News
Supply Chain Disruptions
Certain natural catastrophes, such as the 2010 floods in Thailand and the 2011 Tohoku and 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes in Japan, have served as stark reminders that loss of life, property damage and ...
Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital Re Seals Expansion Deal for Asia, Europe
Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., the reinsurer that counts on hedge fund manager David Einhorn to oversee its investment portfolio, reached a deal to expand in Europe and Asia as the company seeks to ...
Reinsurance Broker BMS Re Acquires Advocate Reinsurance Partners
BMS Re US, a specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has acquired a reinsurance intermediary that complements its own operations. The company, which is the broking arm of Minova Insurance, ...
Drone Racing Broadcast on TV Could be Europe’s Next Big Thing
Europe's leading pay-TV group Sky, known for splashing out billions of pounds on coverage of glamorous sports to keep an edge over its rivals, said on Wednesday it had identified the next big thing: ...
Generali and Progressive Will Jointly Pursue Telematics Research
Europe's The Generali Group and Progressive Group of Insurance Companies of the U.S., both among the leaders in car insurance telematics, said they have entered into an research and development ...
S&P Boosts Outlook for PartnerRe, Reassured by Its Hands-Off Owner EXOR
PartnerRe gets an outlook upgrade courtesy of Standard & Poor's, due in part to the ratings agency's admission that the reinsurer remains relatively autonomous from its new owner, EXOR. Standard ...
Ex-Chubb Exec to Run W.R. Berkley Corp.’s New Transactional Risk Division
A former Chubb executive will help run a new arm of W.R. Berkley Corp. Randolf Hein has been named president of the new Berkley Transactional, a fledgling division of Berkley Professional Liability ...
Willis Towers Watson Will Pay $120M to Settle Stanford Ponzi Scheme Suit
The insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson Plc has agreed to pay $120 million to settle litigation accusing it of helping now-imprisoned Texas financier Allen Stanford run a $7.2 billion Ponzi ...