Risk & Capital Management
To Succeed, Detroit’s Deal with Syncora Needs Backing From Other Creditors
The fate of Detroit's watershed settlement with Syncora Guarantee Inc. may hinge on whether the bond insurer can win concessions from other creditors, including Bank of America Corp. and retired city ...
13 Years After 9/11, a Call to Renew TRIA
Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the insurance industry and business they cover are restating their call to Congress to renew a law establishing federal reinsurance coverage to help ...
Canopius Unveils U.S. Property Re Expansion Push
Canopius Group Ltd., a global specialty reinsurance company based in the U.K., will expand its U.S. operations nearly a year after getting snatched up by a Japanese casualty insurance giant. Canopius ...
Home Depot Data Breach Liability Lawsuits Have Already Begun
Home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc has been sued over data breach by a customer, saying the company failed to properly safeguard customer data from hackers, a lawsuit filed in a Chicago federal ...
Allstate Hopes Timber, Real Estate will Boost Struggling Annuity Unit
Allstate Corp. is betting on timber and real estate to boost returns at a struggling annuity unit. "We do need to figure out what we do with our annuity business," Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson, ...
Report: Global Reinsurance Capital Hits Record High
Global reinsurance capital hit an estimated $570 billion in the first six months of 2014, a new record as the money sources for the sector continued to flourish. Aon Benfield noted the milestone as ...
Carlyle Group Pulls in $3.9B For Massive Asia Investment Fund
Carlyle Group, one of the world's largest private equity firms, said on Monday it has closed its fourth Asia fund at $3.9 billion, the second-largest private equity fund ever raised for Asia ...
Hedge Funds Shut Out Nonprofits in FHA Sale of Distressed Loans
The U.S. Federal Housing Administration started selling distressed loans in 2012 to help communities hit hard by foreclosures while also reducing losses to its taxpayer-backed insurance fund. Two ...