Risk & Capital Management
New Technologies Improving Hurricane Mitigation and Building Resiliency
New technological developments are now poised to reduce the likelihood of hurricane wind damage and to improve our understanding of the impact hurricanes have on existing building inventory. These ...
IACP Conference Report: Social Media’s Impact on Incidents Involving Police Use of Deadly Force
In an exclusive interview with our sister publication Claims Journal, Brian Gainer, a presenter at this year's annual International Association of Claim Professionals' conference held recently in ...
Post-Merger Chubb Scores in Q3 Net Income, Combined Ratio
The world's largest publicly traded property/casualty insurance company, Chubb Limited, reported net income for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2016 of $1.36 billion, or $2.88 per share, compared with ...
Travelers Profit Drops by 23 Percent; Auto Injury, Weather-Related Losses to Blame
Travelers Cos., the sole property/casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, posted its fourth-straight profit decline as weather-related costs climbed and investment income slipped. ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Gen Re Promotes Brogan to Lead Aircraft Risk Unit
Gen Re promoted John Brogan to chief executive officer of an aviation unit as the reinsurer at Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. phases in a new generation of leadership. Brogan replaces David ...
Britain’s Financial Sector Optimism Plunges in Wake of Brexit Vote
Optimism about the outlook for Britain's financial services sector is at its lowest point since the financial crisis, a survey of finance firms showed on Monday. The latest survey of 115 financial ...
P/C Insurers’ Underwriting Losses Worsened in H1: A.M. Best
Catastrophes, lower favorable loss reserve development and challenging market conditions continued to pressure U.S. property/casualty insurers through the first half of the year, leading to an ...
AIG Unloads Stake in Lloyd’s Business; Strategic Relationship Remains
American International Group will sell off its 20 percent stake in the carrier's Lloyd's of London insurance operations – it's latest restructuring move. But the insurance giant will keep an ...