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Aviva Will Return $5.5B to Investors; Activist Shareholder Wants More

British insurer Aviva pledged on Thursday to return at least 4 billion pounds ($5.5 billion) to shareholders, sending its shares surging, but activist investor Cevian Capital demanded more. Cevian, ...

Insurers Beat Other Industries on Shareholder Value, but Their Lead Could End

The insurance sector is beating other industries on delivering shareholder value but insurers may find this more difficult to do going forward unless they adjust their game plan. According to the ...

Icahn Ups Pressure on AIG CEO Hancock in Advance of ‘Vision’ Presentation

Activist investor Carl Icahn, who's pushing American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock to shrink the insurer and boost returns, said the CEO's presentation next week on ...

Travelers CEO Fishman Briefly Had His Eyes on Chubb

Travelers Chairman and CEO Jay Fishman disclosed that the property/casualty insurance giant briefly considered a possible merger deal with Chubb. The idea was discarded, he said, after the ...