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Most Insurance M&A Deals Haven’t Improved Financial Strength: S&P
The flurry of insurance mergers and acquisitions that yielded about $150 billion of transactions globally in 2015 may endure even after years of "patchy" results for some companies making deals, ...
Energy Insurance Market Could Contract in Wake of Oil Price Crash
Signs are increasing that fallout from the oil price crash could lead to a contraction of the energy insurance market. Willis Towers Watson asserts in a new report that a "perfect storm" of ...
Verisk CEO: Emerging Tech’s Innovations for Insurers
From drones hovering overhead to connected cars on the roads around us, rapid advances in technology are leading to radical new practices in business and science. These advances may bring benefits ...
Kemper’s Q1 Pre-Tax Cat Losses Could Reach $45M
Kemper Corp. disclosed that its pre-tax catastrophe losses will hit between $35 million and $45 million for the 2016 first quarter. What's more, the Chicago-based insurer said it doesn't expect to ...
Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon Back EPA in Climate Rule Lawsuit
Technology companies Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon on Friday declared support for the Obama administration in a lawsuit facing its central plan to combat climate change, saying the rule is ...
PIMCO Claims Gross Was Warned About Losing $200M Bonus if He Quit
Bill Gross was warned he would lose his bonus if he quit Pacific Investment Management Co. before the end of the quarter, PIMCO said in a court filing, challenging the central claim in his lawsuit ...
Can Computers Predict When Your Time Is Up? UK Actuaries Fund Big Data Project
Statisticians, computer scientists and medics from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, UK are launching a new project to predict how long you will live. They will use big data to predict ...
Liberty International Underwriters Adds Cyber Extortion Endorsement for Food and Beverage Industry
Liberty International Underwriters (LIU) has launched a cyber extortion endorsement for its product recall and contamination policy for food and beverage companies. The new endorsement provides ...