Regulation & Compliance
AIG’s Decision to Separate L&R Biz Risks Possible Ratings Downgrades
American International Group's plan to downsize by divesting its Life & Retirement business is drawing cautious and wary reactions from rating agencies that follow the property/casualty insurance ...
Keeping Your Competitive Edge by Tracking Rating Bureau Content
Keeping up to date with rating bureau content has always been an onerous task for P/C insurance carriers, particularly small to midsize carriers with limited operational resources. According to ...
Executives On The Move at Munich Re and Guy Carpenter
A Munich Re subsidiary has a new chief executive officer. Guy Carpenter & Co. hired an executive to fill a leadership position involving property/casualty products and services in the ...
A.M. Best said Spinnaker Will Benefit From Hippo’s Acquisition
Hippo's acquisition of Spinnaker Insurance drew favorable attention from A.M. Best. The ratings agency removed Spinnaker from under review with developing implications and affirmed both it's A- ...
More Class of 2020 Reinsurers Unlikely
The Class of 2020 already has a new member, but it's not a true startup, the chair of the company said recently. Speaking at the KBW Insurance Conference in early September, Sid Sankaran, chair of ...
What Happened to Hedge Fund Reinsurers?
The latest group of reinsurers to emerge in the Bermuda market is starting to look different. Even the name that once described the cohort has changed in the past five years. And at least one member ...
European Insurers Urge Regulators to Avoid Banning Dividends Due to COVID-19
Global regulators should not ban insurers from paying dividends as a result of COVID-19 and should give firms more time to report their capital positions, European insurers said on Monday. The ...
Hurricane Laura Rivals Katrina’s Threat to US Oil Industry
Oil production shutdowns in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico are approaching the level of 2005's Hurricane Katrina, and coastal refiners on Tuesday scrambled to cut processing ahead of a major hurricane ...