Specialty insurer and reinsurer AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd and PartnerRe Ltd agreed to sweeten the terms of their merger agreement to fend off a rival bid from Italy’s EXOR SpA. The companies agreed on Thursday to raise the special dividend …
A former Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. executive was sentenced to almost two years in prison for his role in a fraud that prosecutors say led to the collapse of an Oklahoma insurance company. Allen Reichman, 54, and three others scammed …
Cobalt Underwriting, the London insurance market’s first Shariah compliant underwriting agency, announced that it has secured a major property portfolio placed by Lockton’s Real Estate and Construction practice (REAC). Lockton’s client, 90 North Real Estate Advisors LLP’s portfolio “includes high …
The International Union of Aerospace Insurers (IUAI) held its annual general meeting (AGM) in Bengaluru, India, which included a session on the potential impact of 3-D printing in aerospace manufacturing in the future. A bulletin from the IUAI, following the …
Aon Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, has released its latest report –”Insurance-Linked Securities Second Quarter 2015 Update” – on the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector, which analyses the key trends witnessed in …
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, insured losses in China from Typhoon Chan-hom are unlikely to exceed CNY 2.2 billion [$354.3 million]. “Typhoon Chan-hom made landfall in the coastal city of Zhoushan, China, on July 11, 2015, at 4:40 …
Willis Group Holdings plc announced an agreement to acquire PMI Health Group (PMIHG), an independent healthcare adviser and broker in the UK. Willis said the deal will significantly raise the company’s presence in the UK employee benefits and healthcare market, …
Chris Fischer Hirs, the head of Allianz SE’s specialty insurance business, said he welcomes the growing participation of Wall Street in the insurance industry as an opportunity, not a threat. “Hedge funds bring capacity to the market,” Fischer Hirs said …
Floodwaters that rushed through eastern Kentucky left one dead and seven unaccounted for as search teams combed the hilly Appalachian terrain Tuesday, with the threat of more floods bearing down on rescue efforts. Emergency personnel in the hardest-hit neighborhoods in …
Whistleblowers who sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. can seek more evidence of fraud against the U.S. government after 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, a federal appeals court ruled July 13. In its decision, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court …
