Assets & Investments
AIG, MassMutual Take on $1.6B in Accenture Pension Obligations
Consulting and outsourcing services provider Accenture Plc said on Friday it would transfer $1.6 billion in pension obligations to insurers American International Group Inc and MassMutual. The ...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Invests in Embattled Canadian Lender Home Capital
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is providing a lifeline to Home Capital Group Inc., the embattled Canadian alternative lender whose near collapse sparked intense scrutiny of the country's ...
AmTrust to Sell National General Shares for $211.7 Million
AmTrust Financial Services agreed to sell more than 10 million shares it owns in National General Holdings Corp for $211.7 million, a move the specialty property/casualty insurance holding company ...
Financial Analysis: Why Regional Writer ROEs Lag Nationals
A comparison of the returns on equity of national and regional writers of property/casualty insurance produces a result that may not seem terribly intriguing: National writers win, hands down. But ...
Generali Sees Profit Potential in Expanded Asset Management Operations
Generali is looking to buy portfolio management teams to expand its asset management operations and beef up its fee-based business, the Italian group said after reporting a 9 percent fall in ...
French Insurer AXA Moves to Cut Stake in AllianceBernstein With U.S. IPO
A week after Axa SA ousted Peter Kraus from its AllianceBernstein Holding LP unit, the French insurer is taking steps to reduce its financial investment in the money manager to raise cash for deals. ...
Berkshire Hathaway Unloads Wells Fargo Shares to Get Below Fed’s Ownership Threshold
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. sold more than 7 million shares of Wells Fargo & Co. stock and plans to divest additional shares to get below the Federal Reserve's 10 percent threshold ...
Cat Bond Issuance Hit $2.3B in Q1 as Market Habits Shifted: PCS
Catastrophe bond issuance reached $2.3 billion in the 2017 first quarter, a record level that landed slightly higher than the same period a year ago, the Property Claims Services Unit of Verisk ...