Risk & Capital Management
Earthquakes for CEOs: Understanding the Most Recent USGS Report
Every six years the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) produces an updated set of seismic hazard maps for the United States. These National Hazard Maps show the estimated probabilities of different levels ...
MetLife Considers Spinning Off Retail Business to Ease Regulation
MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, plans to separate much of its domestic retail business as Chief Executive Officer Steve Kandarian works to shrink the company amid tighter government ...
Analyst’s Survey: Investors Back Icahn on AIG Breakup
Most American International Group Inc. investors believe that billionaire activist Carl Icahn is right that the insurer needs a new strategy, according to a Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst who ...
Credit Swap Panel’s New Rules Address Conflicts of Interest
A derivatives industry group adopted new rules to mitigate conflicts of interest on a panel of banks and asset managers that determines when traders are paid on debt insurance. The International ...
A.M. Best Maintains Negative Outlook For U.S. P/C Commercial Lines
Rating agency A.M. Best said it is maintaining its negative outlook on the commercial lines segment of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry, despite relatively solid aggregate results over the ...
PwC Board Survey: Majority of Large Insurers Have Risk Committees, CROs
Property/casualty insurance company senior executives aren't the only carrier leaders overwhelmed by multiple demands on their time. Members of P/C insurer boards of directors are similarly ...
Cyber Attacks Becoming Significant Threat to Insurer Credit Quality: A.M. Best
Insurance rating agency A.M. Best still considers natural catastrophe losses to be the primary threat to the financial strength and credit quality of property/casualty insurers, but cyber-attack ...
EC Finds Solvency II Equivalence for Bermuda
The Bermuda Monetary Authority (the Authority) and several international insurance organizations confirmed the European Commission's publication of a Delegated Act recognizing the equivalence of ...