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Aviva Investors to Eliminate Hundreds of Funds to Lower Costs
Aviva Investors, the asset manager for the U.K.'s second-biggest insurer by market value, plans to cut the number of funds it runs to as few as 200 within 18 months in order to slash costs. "There's ...
Alliant Acquires Western Carwash Insurance Program
Alliant Insurance Services has acquired Western Carwash Insurance Program in California. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Western Carwash Insurance Program is the exclusive insurance ...
Political Connections Ease the M&A Process
Firms that maintain political connections have an easier path through the merger process. In a study that is the first to examine the issue, we compare the differences in merger behavior and outcomes ...
Executives On The Move at Everest Re, AXIS, RLI and Assurant
A former AIG executive joined Everest Re Group's board of directors. Another AIG veteran took on an executive role at AXIS Insurance. RLI announced a promotion. Assurant hired on a new executive to ...
Two Big Data Companies Merge to Expand Crime-Avoidance Technology
Two companies in the big data realm are planning to merge in a move that will help expand the use of risk-reduction technology that helps users safely navigate high-crime areas. Helios and Matheson ...
Colin Moves to East Coast as Pacific Tropical Storm Depression Gains Strength
Tropical Storm Colin moved out to sea early Tuesday after knocking out power to thousands, prompting Florida Governor Rick Scott to declare a state of emergency. The threat of a storm surge flooding ...
$1.1B in German Flood Claims is Double Initial Estimates: Fitch
Insurers will face higher-than-expected claims related to floods in Germany, according to Fitch Ratings, dealing another blow to an industry squeezed by low interest rates and decreasing prices for ...
Tropical Storm Colin Hits Florida, Threatens Flooding Across U.S. Southeast
Tropical Storm Colin was moving across northern Florida early Tuesday as it knocked out power to thousands, prompted Governor Rick Scott to declare a state of emergency and threatened flooding across ...