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Japan’s Abe Orders Surviving Fukushima Reactors Scrapped, Pledges Safe Olympics
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the scrapping of two Fukushima nuclear reactors that survived the 2011 tsunami, a write-off that threatens to complicate a turnaround plan the operator has ...
Private U.S. Mortgage Insurers Revitalized by Housing Pickup
As more Americans buy homes, the handful of private insurers that cover their mortgages are attracting heavyweight investors keen to profit from the nascent housing market recovery. With billionaire ...
Recently we explored how specialty insurance markets emerge and the signals that help MGAs distinguish a lasting opportunity from temporary...
U.S. Risk Council Designates Prudential for Tougher Oversight
Insurer Prudential Financial Inc. said the U.S. financial risk council has designated the company as systemically risky in a final vote, bringing it under stricter regulatory oversight. Prudential ...
Two Years On: How Nuclear Sells Itself Post-Fukushima
Two years after the catastrophe at Japan's Fukushima plant, sellers of atomic reactors woo potential buyers with the promise that lessons learned from one of the world's worst nuclear disasters make ...
Obama’s Energy, EPA Chiefs Say Climate Plan Won’t Kill Coal
New rules limiting emissions from U.S. power plants that are expected to be proposed on Friday will "provide certainty" to the coal industry, environment and energy chiefs told lawmakers anxious ...
Germany’s Ergo Expects Asia, Eastern Europe Premium Growth
Munich Re's insurance unit, Ergo Versicherungsgruppe, plans to increase international premiums by more than a fifth over the next five years on sales in Asia and eastern Europe. "We aim to increase ...
PartnerRe Says German Hail Impact to Exceed $50M
PartnerRe Ltd. announced estimates of its cost for the German hailstorms that occurred in the last week of July 2013, putting the losses at between $50 million and $60 million pre-tax. The range of ...
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. Buying California Surety Writer For $85M
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. announced Wednesday that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Insco Dico Group for approximately $85 million, or $7.0 million above its tangible book ...