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Report: China’s Anbang Insurance Mulling a $2B IPO
Anbang Insurance Group Co., the Chinese insurer buying New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel, is planning an initial public offering that could raise about $2 billion, people with knowledge of the matter ...
Hiscox to Offer Cyber Deception Coverage
Hiscox has announced that it will offer a new cyber deception coverage as part of its executive risks suite of insurance coverages. Cyber deception occurs when criminals intentionally mislead company ...
Industry Disrupters Will Cut Distribution, Dispute Resolution Costs, P/C Execs Say
Property/casualty insurance industry executives peering out into the future aren't singularly focused on capital providers as potential industry disrupters in the years ahead. Brian Duperreault, ...
Cathay Financial Holding to Acquire Conning
Financial services provider Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. announced Wednesday that the board of directors of its subsidiary, Cathay Life Insurance Co. Ltd., approved the acquisition of global ...
Survey: Cyber Attacks + Terrorism Top Reinsurance Worries
Cyber attacks and terrorism may be shaping up as the big emerging risks reinsurers face in 2015. About 40 percent of industry respondents to a recent Guy Carpenter & Co. survey said cyber attacks ...
Global Insurers Bidding for Turkey’s Halkbank Insurance/Pension Arms
Insurers from Europe, Asia and the United States are among some 20 potential bidders in the sale by Turkey's state-run Halkbank of its pension and insurance arms, three sources close to the process ...
CEOs Traveling to Asia Targeted by ‘Darkhotel’ Cyber Spies
Business executives traveling in Asia and elsewhere have become victims of malware called Darkhotel, a bug that targets guests of high-end hotels through their networks, a computer-security firm ...
Marsh Announces Senior Executive Appointments
Insurance broker Marsh on Monday announced two executive appointments, naming Michael Cormier head of Portfolio Development and hiring Michael Poulos as head of Client Advisory Services. Cormier most ...