Performance
Hiscox Chair: Re Competition Hurts Pricing
Hiscox Ltd. Chairman Robert Childs said the Lloyd's of London insurer is writing less "big ticket" reinsurance as excess capital pushes rates lower. The second-largest Lloyd's insurer by market value ...
Validus CEO: Malaysia Crash Will ‘Have Implications’ For Aviation, War Markets
Validus Holdings Ltd. Chairman and CEO Ed Noonan said that the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 after a missile shot it down over the Ukraine earlier this month will likely "have implications" ...
Analyst: Reinsurance M&A Winds Are Increasing
Shareholders from Aspen Insurance Holdings have a July 25 deadline to vote on a number of governance proposals that could boost Endurance Specialty Holdings' prospects for acquiring the Bermuda ...
Allied World’s Sales Dip, Stock Drops
Allied World Assurance Co., the seller of aviation and environmental insurance, fell the most since February as second-quarter profit missed analysts' estimates amid a decline in sales. Allied ...
Aspen CEO Sees Opportunity in Aviation War Market
While insurers including Allianz SE, Atrium Underwriting Group and AIG have taken recent hits with plane crashes in the Ukraine, Taiwan and elsewhere, Aspen Insurance Holdings has avoided major ...
ACE CEO Greenberg Gushes About Emerging Market Potential
ACE Ltd. generated mostly robust 2014 second-quarter results. Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg acknowledged as much during the company's investor call on July 23. But he spend a lot of time on ...
Cat Losses Ding Travelers’ Q2 Net Income
The Travelers Cos. began 2014 with a bang, giving investors a first quarter of soaring net and operating income, thanks in part to a major acquisition. For Q2, however, higher catastrophe losses ...
Bain: Few P/C Outfits Excel at Both Attracting and Keeping New Clients
When it comes to building new business, the property/casualty insurance industry has split in two. Some companies in the marketplace are great at acquiring customers; others are brilliant at ...