Assets & Investments
P/C First-Half Results Improve on Premium Growth, Lower Cats
The only major component of net income moving downward for property/casualty insurers during the first half of 2013 was investment income, according to a compilation of aggregate industry figures ...
U.K. Regulators Watching Impact of Capital Influx on Insurers
British regulators are scrutinizing the impact of the wave of capital from investors such as hedge and pension funds on the insurance industry. "The availability of this additional capital inevitably ...
Surge in Firms Based in Emerging Markets to Reshape Corporate World: McKinsey
The number of large emerging market companies will surge in coming years and they will become competitors but also customers for rich-country firms, according to a new study. Almost three-quarters of ...
Delaying Solvency II Until 2016 Would Harm Insurers: Hulle at FERMA
Further delays to the implementation of Solvency II would compromise the ability of European insurers to deliver protection for their clients in a riskier world, according to a leading insurance ...
Government Shutdown Could Jeopardize Economic Recovery: CEOs
Chief executive officers at companies ranging from Honeywell International Inc. to JetBlue Airways Corp. said that a prolonged shutdown of the U.S. government has the potential to jeopardize the ...
Federal Agencies Overseeing Financial Markets to Operate During Shutdown
U.S. oversight of financial markets and institutions will operate largely as usual in the event of a government shutdown because most regulators are funded with independent revenue. An exception ...France’s Axa Sells Majority Stake in Private Equity Unit
Axa SA, France's biggest insurer, sold a majority stake in its private equity unit to its management, led by founder Dominique Senequier. The transaction values Axa Private Equity, which oversees ...
China Testing Free Market with New Shanghai Financial Services Zone
Citigroup Inc. and Bank of China Ltd. said they will participate in Shanghai's free-trade zone as the Chinese government inaugurated the 11-square-mile experiment in more relaxed financial and ...