Assets & Investments
Some Question Labeling 9 Global Insurers Systemically Important
Europe's insurers criticised the approach taken by international regulators which named firms considered systemically important as they try to reduce financial risks from the sector. Two global ...
Master Limited Partnerships: Energized Investment Income For Insurance Companies
Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are an attractive way for property/casualty insurance companies to participate in the strong fundamental trends occurring in the U.S. energy sector. A majority of ...AIG to Merge Japanese Units Fuji Fire, AIU
American International Group Inc., the insurer that repaid a U.S. government bailout last year, announced plans to merge two insurance units in Japan. AIU Insurance Co. and Fuji Fire & Marine ...
SEC Fraud Case Against Goldman Sach’s ‘Abacus’ Trader Goes to Trial
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission heads to trial Monday against a former Goldman Sachs bond trader in a case it says highlights what went wrong on Wall Street in the financial crisis. Jury ...
U.S., China Agree to Restart Investment Treaty Talks
The United States and China agreed on Thursday to restart stalled negotiations on an investment treaty, with Beijing dropping previous efforts to protect certain sectors of its economy from the ...
Sharp Interest Rate Spike Could Wipe Out More Than $100B U.S. P/C Surplus: Moody’s
For each 1 percentage point rise in interest rates, the value of bonds held by the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry will decline by about $40 billion, representing roughly 7 percent of ...
Colombian Insurer Seguros Colpatria Looking for Buyers: Report
Seguros Colpatria SA, a Colombian insurance provider, is weighing a sale that may fetch $500 million, said people familiar with the matter. Seguros Colpatria, which provides fire, earthquake, ...