Performance
AmTrust Financial Services Will Pursue $162 Million Offering
AmTrust Financial Services Inc. is selling $162 million of stock after striking deals this week to buy an insurance brokerage and a company that protects customers against losses on consumer ...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Pleases Investors With Takeover Push
Warren Buffett said last year that Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s future will be about buying big businesses and expanding them over time. As he celebrates his golden anniversary running the company, ...
Carrier Management’s Top 10 News Stories of 2014
Five of the top Carrier Management news stories in 2014 ranked everything from insurance industry jobs to the companies themselves, in different iterations. The common link: there's huge interest in ...
Hartford Reduces Energy Bond Holdings As Oil Prices Drop
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the insurer with a $76 billion investment portfolio, has reduced holdings of bonds issued by energy companies amid a slump in oil prices. "We've lightened up a ...
Towers Watson: Commercial Insurance Prices Rose Slightly in Q3
Commercial insurance prices grew on average about 3 percent in the 2014 third quarter compared to the previous year. It matched last quarter's uptick and halted more than a year of consecutively ...
Uber Insurer James River Jumps Into Junk-Rated Loans
The insurer that ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc. uses to protect drivers and passengers is going public, promoting how it's more willing than competitors to invest in junk-rated loans. ...
Moody’s: Weather and Competition Threaten Rising P/C Earnings
U.S. property/casualty insurers can celebrate higher overall earnings and premium levels in the 2014 third quarter versus the same period a year ago, Moody's Investors Service said in a new report. ...
Swiss Re: Emerging Markets to Push 2015 Premium Growth
Global non-life insurance direct premiums will grow moderately over the next few years, Swiss Re predicts in a new report. A surging emerging market is expected to generally balance out stagnant and ...