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Cat and Investment Losses Hamper Allied World’s Q2 Net Income
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings experienced big drops in net income during the 2015 second quarter, due in large part to catastrophe and investment losses. The Swiss insurer and reinsurer ...
ACE Lures Zurich’s Stapleton to Help Expand International Cyber Business
ACE Group snatched up a long-time Zurich executive to help propel its cyber insurance business internationally. Tim Stapleton is now vice president and cyber insurance product manager for ACE ...
No Expectation of Privacy for Butt-Dialed Calls, Court Rules
Butt dialing, a source of anxiety for anyone with a cellphone, just got more horrifying. A federal appeals court in Cincinnati ruled yesterday that somebody who accidentally calls somebody else isn't ...
Obama: Lapse of U.S. Export-Import Bank Charter Has Already Harmed Businesses
President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged lawmakers to renew the charter for the U.S. Export-Import Bank before leaving for an August break, saying small and large businesses alike have been hurt by ...
Hackers Commandeer Moving Jeep; Fiat Chrysler Offers Software Patch
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is offering a software patch to close a loophole that let two hackers take control of a moving Jeep sport utility vehicle in an incident spotlighting the vulnerability of ...
ACE’s Greenberg: Chubb Merger Talks Worked Well With Alcohol
ACE Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Evan Greenberg, who agreed this month to buy Chubb Corp., said integration talks went well with management at the target company, at least after drinks were served. A ...
SCOR, Swiss Re and Munich Re Win Fitch Ratings Upgrades
Fitch issued ratings upgrades for SCOR, Swiss Re and Munich Re and affirmed the ranking of a fourth reinsurer: Hannover Re. Each reinsurer received scrutiny because of their scale, diversity, and ...
French Insurer AXA Wants to Buy Genworth’s Lifestyle Protection Arm
Axa SA is in exclusive talks with Genworth Financial Inc. to buy its lifestyle protection insurance business for 475 million euros ($520 million) to create the third-biggest player in the European ...