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Moody’s Cuts Endurance Specialty Ratings Down to A3
On Wednesday, Moody's Investors Service announced that the rating agency lowered the insurance financial strength ratings of the principal operating subsidiaries of Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. ...
Allied World Europe Acquires Renewal Rights to Markel’s Aviation Business
Allied World Europe will acquire the renewal rights to a book of aviation business written by Lloyd's Syndicate 1400 and Markel Europe plc, Allied World and Markel International announced on ...
Meadowbrook Says Surplus Relief Re Deal with Swiss Re No Longer Needed
Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. announced Wednesday that the company and Swiss Re have mutually agreed to terminate a quota-share reinsurance agreement that was put in place late last year. In ...
Paulson, Bloomberg Backing Study of U.S. Climate Impacts
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg are sponsoring a study of how climate change will affect the United States and what that disruption will cost. ...
ACE Recognized for Leadership in Carbon Emissions Reduction
The ACE Group announced Monday that it has earned recognition for leadership in carbon performance by CDP, the world's only global environmental disclosure system. CDP's annual indexes, compiled by ...
Employers Holdings Appoints Kroner and McSally to Board
Employers Holdings Inc. on Monday announced the appointments of James Kroner and Michael McSally to its board of directors, effective Sept. 26, 2013. Kroner, age 52, was formerly the chief financial ...
Monsanto Acquiring Weather Data Modeler, Farm Insurer Climate Corp. for $930 Million
Monsanto Co., the world's largest seed company, agreed to buy The Climate Corp. for about $930 million to provide farmers with weather data and agronomic modeling to boost yields and manage risk. ...Guy Carpenter Targets E&S Carriers with Specialty Practice
Guy Carpenter & Co., a global risk and reinsurance intermediary specialist and member of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced the launch of its new Excess & Surplus Lines Specialty Practice. ...