Cash-rich Zurich Insurance is weighing a bid for British rival RSA Insurance Group which could top $8 billion and be the latest industry tie-up amid toughening regulations. The impending launch of new European rules governing how much money insurers must …
“Relentless rate reductions, low investment returns and the continued influx of alternative capital have offered no respite for reinsurers at the January 1, 2015 renewal season with a reshaping of the global reinsurance industry now starting in earnest,” according to …
According to a new report from A.M. Best Co., the U.K. non-life insurance sector “faces mounting pressures, ranging from regulatory changes and competitive market conditions to an uncertain economic environment and low investment returns.” “The report entitled, “U.K. Non-Life Insurers …
Swiss Re’s latest sigma study reveals that “total global premiums written increased by 2.4 percent in real terms in 2012 to $4.613 trillion. Life premiums expanded by 2.3 percent unwinding some of the contraction in 2011, thanks to improvements in …
