Performance
AIG Warrants Leap To Record, Benefiting Fairholme Capital Management
American International Group Inc. warrants jumped to a record, benefiting investors like Bruce Berkowitz's Fairholme Capital Management LLC, which held the securities for years. The contracts ...
Travelers’ A.M. Best Financial Strength Ratings Soar
Travelers and most of its subsidiaries saw their already stellar financial strength ratings from A.M. Best get even better. This was based, in part, on the insurer's ability to generate solid ...
RAA Results: Q1 Premiums, Combined Ratios Nearly Unchanged for Group
The Reinsurance Association of America's latest quarterly survey of statutory underwriting results for U.S. property/casualty reinsurers reveals that first-quarter 2014 net written premiums came in ...
For 2013, Conning Tracked Slightly Better Industry Loss Reserves
The property/casualty industry's loss reserve position improved slightly in 2013 compared to the previous year, reflecting continued stability in an era of low inflation and slower economic growth, ...
Marsh: Softening Signs Seen in U.S. Umbrella/Excess Liability Rates
Average umbrella and excess liability rates in the U.S. climbed 3.1 percent higher in the 2014 first quarter. Marsh Global Analytics claims that's a sign of market softening, however, because it's ...
Global P/C Premiums Headed for Moderate Climb: Munich Re Report
An improving economy in the industrialized world will propel steady but moderate property/casualty premium growth over the next two years, Munich Re concluded in its new Insurance Market Outlook ...
Aspen, Still in Endurance’s Sights, Touts Growth and Investor Value
Aspen Insurance Holdings continues as Endurance Specialty Holdings' hotly coveted takeover target. In the meantime, the Bermuda reinsurance and insurance player made its case to investors that it is ...
XL Group Exec: Be Mindful of 5 Interconnected Global Risks
In order to succeed, the global insurance industry must be mindful of five interconnected risks that keep the underwriting climate more volatile these days than not, XL Group Chief Enterprise Risk ...