February 11, 2016
Zurich Insurance Group AG reported a worse-than-expected loss in the fourth quarter as the company makes plans to turn around its unprofitable general insurance unit. The net loss was $424 million compared with a profit of $860 million a year …
February 3, 2016
Zurich Insurance Group AG is “prepared to shrink” some of its businesses after being caught off guard by the scale of claims it had to absorb last year, according to Cecilia Reyes, the company’s chief risk officer. “We were surprised, …
January 26, 2016
Zurich Insurance Group AG hired Assicurazioni Generali SpA’s Mario Greco as chief executive officer, giving him the task of turning around the company, after losses in its general insurance business forced the Swiss insurer to abandon a takeover bid. Greco, …
January 8, 2016
Reinsurance rates in the marine sector continued to fall at the start of the year, in spite of the huge cost of explosions at China’s Tianjin port last August, reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter said on Thursday. Rising competition to offer …
December 18, 2015
When an explosion devastated parts of China’s Tianjin port in August, one insurance company turned to Chinese-made drones to help analyze the rubble and estimate the damages. Comparing satellite photographs of the site ahead of the blast with high-resolution images …
December 18, 2015
Swiss Re’s latest sigma report preliminarily estimates that total economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters will reach approximately $85 billion in 2015. Insured losses, however, were just $32 billion. In total, approximately 26,000 people lost their lives in …
December 1, 2015
Zurich Insurance Group AG’s Chief Executive Officer Martin Senn resigned, acknowledging “setbacks” in recent months as losses forced the company to abandon a high-profile takeover bid for RSA Insurance Group Plc. Chairman Tom de Swaan has been named interim CEO …
November 19, 2015
A.M. Besthas revised the outlook for the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A” (Excellent) and the ICRs of “a” of Aspen Insurance UK Ltd., Aspen Bermuda Ltd., Aspen American …
November 18, 2015
Insurer Talanx AG’s $122 million loss from port explosions at Tianjin, one of China’s worst industrial disasters, takes the net hit incurred by insurers across Europe, the U.S., Bermuda and Asia to almost $2 billion, according to filings by 26 …
November 12, 2015
Zurich Insurance Group AG is seeking to replace Chief Executive Officer Martin Senn after third-quarter losses forced it to abandon its bid for Britain’s RSA Insurance Group Plc, according to a Swiss business magazine. Switzerland’s biggest insurer has hired the …