Monthly Archives: <span>August 2018</span>

RSG Completes Acquisition of Certain Assets of New York’s ARC Specialty Brokerage

Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) has completed its acquisition of certain assets of ARC Specialty Brokerage LLC, the property and casualty division of ARC Excess & Surplus LLC, a wholesale insurance brokerage based in Jericho, N.Y. These assets have become …

Crash Investigators Locate Aeromexico’s Flight Recorders

At least 65 U.S. citizens were aboard the Aeromexico passenger jet that crashed in northern Mexico, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, as investigators combed the wreckage for clues to the cause of the accident. The Mexico City-bound Embraer 190 …

AIG Names McElroy from Arch as CEO of Lexington Insurance Co.

American International Group Inc. announced that David H. McElroy will join the company as chief executive officer of Lexington Insurance Co. at a date to be determined. McElroy will lead Lexington Insurance Co. and report to Peter Zaffino, chief executive …

3 Ukrainians Arrested for Costly Cyber Attacks on U.S. Firms: Justice Department

Three Ukrainians have been arrested on criminal hacking charges including stealing payment card numbers, in attacks on more than 100 U.S. companies that cost businesses tens of millions of dollars, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday. U.S. prosecutors alleged …

Insurer RSA Reports 15% Drop in H1 Operating Profit on Winter Weather Claims

Icy roads and frozen pipes due to bad weather in Canada and Britain hit insurer RSA’s first-half operating profit on Thursday, though results were in line with analyst forecasts. General insurer RSA, best known in Britain for its More Than …

AXA Gives Under-Fire CEO Buberl a Needed Boost on Strong H1 Profits

AXA SA gave under-fire Chief Executive Officer Thomas Buberl a needed boost with first-half earnings that beat estimates and growth in new business. AXA, posting its first results since a disappointing partial spinoff of the French insurer’s U.S. unit, reported …

Insurtech Firm Wefox Seeks New Funding with Softbank Among Investors: Sources

Wefox, one of Europe’s fastest-growing insurance technology firms, is close to settling on a new “triple-digit million” euro funding round, with Softbank’s Vision Fund among the suitors, three sources familiar with the negotiations said. One of the sources said Softbank …

Hong Kong Insurance Market Attracts Mainland Chinese Seeking Lucrative Pay

May Zhang, a 28-year-old from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, holds a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Oxford, but now makes her living selling insurance in Hong Kong. Drawn by lucrative pay, Zhang is part of …

Investor Icahn to Oppose Cigna-Express Deal, Fearing Amazon Threat: Sources

Activist investor Carl Icahn has built a sizable stake in Cigna Corp. and plans to oppose the health insurer’s $54 billion takeover of pharmacy-benefits firm Express Scripts Holding Co., according to people familiar with the matter. Chief among Icahn’s concerns …

This Month and Today In Particular Are Deadliest for Auto Crashes

It’s not Super Bowl Sunday or even New Year’s Eve that makes for the most lethal day on U.S. highways. It’s Aug. 2. Today, Thursday Aug. 2, is when, on average, car wrecks are likely to kill more Americans than …