Risk & Capital Management
CNA UK Specialty Division Will Establish Post-Brexit Subsidiary in Luxembourg
CNA Hardy said it will launch a European subsidiary in Luxembourg beyond its London headquarters, a move intended to continue open access to the EU market in the wake of last year's Brexit vote in ...
New AIG CEO Brian Duperreault: ‘I Didn’t Come Here to Break the Company Up’
New American International Group President and CEO Brian Duperreault began his first full day on the job publicly repudiating the idea of splitting the struggling insurer into pieces and simply ...
Insurer Investors Stymied by Complex Solvency II Reporting Requirements: Willis Towers Watson
The insurance sector is at risk of being further marginalized by investors because performance reporting has become more complicated as a result of Solvency II, according to a report published ...
Insurance Linked Securities Continue 2016 Growth Trend
Non-life insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital grew again in Q1 2017, continuing the trend from 2016, according to the latest ILS Market Update from Willis Towers Watson Securities, the ...
MetLife Wants Delay on ‘Too-Big-To-Fail’ Case as Trump Reviews FSOC
MetLife Inc. is asking a U.S. court to put on pause a case over how the government deems certain companies "too big to fail," one of the most significant reforms to come out of the financial crisis, ...
Meteorologists: Signs Suggest 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Will be Normal
Most meteorologists forecast the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season will be less active than a year ago, with the number of named storms and hurricanes near average. A few meteorologists, however, expect ...
Market Pressures Rise for Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers: A.M. Best
Bermuda market insurers and reinsurers are beginning to experience lower profits, a deterioration in both return on equity and combined ratio as well as the drying up of favorable reserve ...
Lloyd’s 2016 Underwriting Profit Takes Hit From Higher Natural Catastrophe Losses
Lloyd's reported 2016 pretax profit of £2.1 billion pounds ($2.6 billion). That's level with 2015, despite a worsening of the market's combined ratio at 97.9 percent, compared with 90.0 percent in ...