Performance
21 P/C Insolvencies In 2012: A.M. Best
Rating agency A.M. Best released its annual tally of U.S. property/casualty industry financial impairments yesterday, counting up 21 for 2012—13 less than the 2011 figure of 34. The 2012 count was ...
P/C Insurers Turned Profit On Underwriting In Q1; First Since Q42009
First quarter results for U.S. property/casualty insurers show they made a profit on underwriting for the first time since late 2009. Private U.S. property/casualty insurers' net income after taxes ...
‘Great Rotation’ From Bonds Into Equities May Have Begun
Just as a month-long stock market rout seems to have further trashed the concept of a "Great Rotation" from bonds into equities, evidence is emerging that institutional investors may have already ...
Fallen Brand Leaders Hardly Ever Climb Back To The Top: Research Study
Business history is littered with the remains of fallen giants. Yuban coffee, Zenith, Kodak—all these brands were leaders in their time, and then something changed. At some point, they were knocked ...
U.S. CEOs See More Hiring, Improved Sales in Next 6 Months: Survey
U.S. chief executives expect to hire more workers in the next six months and that sales will improve modestly, a tepid if slightly optimistic reading of the U.S. economy, a Business Roundtable survey ...
Central European Flooding Is Credit Negative For P/C Insurers
Heavy rains in Central Europe that caused recent river flooding should produce total property insurance losses lower than an earlier severe flood event in 2002, but this is still credit negative for ...
Bond Buffer Seen in Demand for Swaps Collateral: Credit Markets
New collateral rules for hedge funds, insurers and others in the $633 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market are poised to boost demand for U.S. Treasuries, potentially slowing rising yields as ...
U.K. Financial Services Employees Say Colleagues Overpaid
Most U.K. financial-services employees say some within their companies are paid too much amid negative public sentiment toward the industry, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute of ...