Regulation & Compliance
Liberty Mutual’s Deal to Buy Ironshore Gets Favorable Rating Agency Responses
Liberty Mutual's recently-announced plans to buy Ironshore Inc. from Fosun International for $3 billion earned generally positive responses from A.M. Best, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings. ...
Nonprofit Urges Buffett’s Berkshire to Dump Fossil Fuel Investments
A Nebraska nonprofit on Friday said it will propose that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. sell its investments in oil refiner Phillips 66 and other companies involved in fossil fuels over 12 ...
CFA’s Hunter Reacts in Actuarial Battle: Allstate’s Plan Is Price Optimization
Carrier Management recently published an article in three parts by James Lynch, chief actuary and vice president of Research and Information Services at the Insurance Information Institute, based ...
U.S. P/C Insurance Industry Net Asbestos Losses Reach $100B Mark and Rising
Net ultimate asbestos losses for the U.S. property/casualty industry have risen once again. They're now at $100 billion, and that's $15 billion higher than the previous estimate. according to a new ...
Large Insurers May Gain as a Trump Administration Deregulates
Wide-ranging financial industry deregulation under President-elect Donald Trump could benefit large insurers, particularly those such as AIG and others deemed as systemically important under current ...
New Zealand EQ Insured Losses Could Top $3B: AIR Worldwide
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide released its initial estimates of industry insured losses from the earthquake that struck New Zealand's South Island early this week, putting a range of $762 ...
‘Unicorn’ Startups in the Crosshairs; New Risks Possible for D&O Insurers
Underwriters of directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance should keep an eye on the increased scrutiny of "unicorn" technology firms by aggrieved shareholders and securities regulators, ...
With Brexit, UK Govt. Should ‘Refine Not Replace’ Solvency II: ABI
Rather than replacing Solvency II entirely when the UK leaves the European Union, regulators need to refine EU's insurance regulation to make it more appropriate for the UK market and customers, ...