Assets & Investments
Allianz’s PIMCO Starts Rebound as Insurer Surpasses Q3 Forecasts
Europe's largest insurer Allianz signaled it might return cash to shareholders after reporting forecast-beating quarterly earnings on Friday and the first positive flows into U.S. bond fund manager ...
Post-Merger Chubb Scores in Q3 Net Income, Combined Ratio
The world's largest publicly traded property/casualty insurance company, Chubb Limited, reported net income for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2016 of $1.36 billion, or $2.88 per share, compared with ...
Travelers Profit Drops by 23 Percent; Auto Injury, Weather-Related Losses to Blame
Travelers Cos., the sole property/casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, posted its fourth-straight profit decline as weather-related costs climbed and investment income slipped. ...
Florida Hurricane Risk Forces Big Cat Bond Plunge
Bonds tied to weather risks tumbled the most in four years as Hurricane Matthew lashed Florida. The Swiss Re Cat Bond Price Return Index dropped 1.7 percent last week, the steepest decline since ...
CNO Financial Severs Beechwood Re Ties, Files Suit Over Hedge Fund Exposure
CNO Financial Group Inc. on Thursday said that two of its subsidiaries were terminating agreements with reinsurer Beechwood Re, after regulators in two states said that many assets managed by ...
Allianz’s PIMCO Alleges Co-Founder Bill Gross Leaked Confidential Bonuses
PIMCO escalated its legal battle with estranged co-founder Bill Gross by saying he leaked confidential pay information to the media and may have destroyed documents in violation of court rules. ...
Lloyd’s Chairman to Reinsurers: Target Brokers’ Fees to Cut Costs
Reinsurers, forced to cut prices for four years in a row, should target brokers' fees as the industry seeks to reduce costs, according to Lloyd's of London Chairman John Nelson. The brokers need to ...
“Danger Phase” May Be Next for P/C Industry Loss Reserves
Property/casualty insurers and reinsurers have released redundant liability reserves into their earnings for the past eight years as a result of favorable loss development. This practice has worked ...