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W.R. Berkley Corp. Sells D. C. Real Estate for $120 Million
W.R. Berkley Corp. has sold a piece of real estate in Washington, D.C. for a sizable price. The Connecticut-based insurer and reinsurer said it will report a realized pre-tax gain of about $120 ...
Double Whammy of Bad Weather, Lower Premiums Hammer U.S. Insurance Profits
The U.S. insurance industry is suffering from lower property-casualty premiums, bad weather claims and interest rates that are still too low to move the needle, according to earnings reports by some ...
Western European Insurers, Hammered by Low Interest Rates, Slow to Revamp Investments
Insurers in Western Europe have generally stayed the course with their investment mixes in recent years, even as they've been hammered by record-low interest rates, Standard & Poor's Global ...
Swiss Re Cuts Risky Government Bonds, Hikes Corporates
The European Central Bank has turned government bonds into one of the riskiest asset classes, prompting Swiss Re AG to move more of its investments into corporate debt, according to the reinsurer's ...
Munich Re Restructuring Primary Insurance Unit; Cutting Jobs in Digital Push
Munich Re, the world's second-biggest reinsurer, plans to spend 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) by 2020 restructuring operations at its loss-making primary insurance unit in Germany. The plan for ...
Cyber Risk and Low Interest Rates are Top Insurer Worries: A.M. Best
Cyber risk has emerged as a top insurance industry concern, though the low interest rate environment remains as a significant worry, A.M. Best found in a new report. Thirty-one percent of respondents ...
Europe’s Insurers, Pension Funds Bet on Risky Property in Quest for Yield
Traditionally conservative European insurers and pension funds are turning increasingly to risky property bets on everything from new homes in provincial Britain to car parks at Brussels airport, as ...
Low Interest Rates ‘Quite Harmful’ to Insurers: Blackrock CEO
Lowering interest rates around the world to boost the global economy has reached a point where it is now "quite harmful" to clients, including pension funds and insurers, BlackRock Inc. Chairman and ...