Insurers News
EU Industry Watchdog Warns Insurers Should Take Measures to Preserve Capital
Insurance companies should take measures to preserve their capital position and be prudent about dividend and bonus payments as the coronavirus outbreak disrupts households and businesses, the ...
Most Insurers Envision at Least One Acquisition in 2017: KPMG Survey
A large majority of insurers plan to pursue acquisitions or divestitures through 2017, according to a new KPMG report, indicating that late-2015 and 2016 deal-making wasn't a fluke. About 84 percent ...
New York Issues First-of-Their-Kind Cyber Regs for Insurers and Banks
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday issued long-anticipated proposed cyber security regulations for banks and insurers in the state, the first of their kind in the United States by any state or ...
AIG, Other Insurers Emerge as Financial Supermarkets as Banks Spurn Risk
When all else fails, lend. That's the strategy of some of the biggest U.S. insurers as they seek higher returns in an investment universe where buying bonds sometimes means guaranteed losses. The ...
Brexit Fallout: QBE to Review UK-Based Operations; Marsh Maps Exit Options
QBE Insurance Group announced this week that it will be reviewing its U.K.-based operations in light of last week's vote in the U.K. to leave the European Union. "The referendum outcome may require a ...
Insurers/Reinsurers Latest Casualties of Oil Price Slump as Premium Rates Plunge
The insurance industry is becoming the latest casualty of the oil price slump, with postponements and cancellations of energy projects forcing down premium rates and income in a market that was ...
U.K. Insurers Can Handle Nation’s Historic Floods: A.M. Best
As the U.K. continues to deal with a winter of historic flooding, strong balance sheets and an otherwise light year for bad weather will allow insurers to absorb the losses, A.M. Best concluded in a ...
Insurers’ Returns on European Infrastructure Eroded by Bank Competition
The return of banks into the European infrastructure market is denting insurers' ability to enhance their investment returns by funding the roads, bridges and wind farms of tomorrow. European ...