XL Group has launched Shariah compliant insurance cover for large corporate and middle market clients. Initially it will focus on property cover, with a maximum capacity of up to $300 million. The coveragevfinacntargets markets worldwide, with the exception of the …
American International Group Inc.’s property and casualty business booked its first underwriting profit in two and a half years during the first quarter, as the insurer wrote more premiums at higher prices and reported lower losses. The long-awaited turnaround in …
Zurich is now working with Zurich Agency Services, Inc., to expand its community banks offering additional agents and brokers. As part of this effort, Zurich worked with ZAS, formerly Universal Underwriters Insurance Services, Inc., to develop an online portal that …
More than $80 million of after-tax net losses from Superstorm Sandy drove bottom-line red ink at New York-based Tower Group Inc., which reported a net loss of $52.1 million, or $1.36 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2012. For …
The Main Street America Group announced today its 2012 financial results included an 11.9 percent return on equity, $978 million net written premium, surplus growth of $71 million and net income of $56.7 million for the fiscal year ended Dec. …
Allstate Corp.’s quarterly profit fell 45 percent on losses from superstorm Sandy, but the home and auto insurer said it has paid out about 95 percent of Sandy claims and is seeing rate increases across businesses. The largest publicly traded …
Although returns-on-equity for the property/casualty insurance industry are lagging in the mid-to-upper single-digit range, equity analysts expect companies they recommend with “Buy” ratings to garner returns in the mid-double-digits, according to a survey commissioned by Accenture. The recently published survey …
Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson cut his third and fourth biggest portfolio holdings and made a bigger bet on a gold mining firm, according to a regulatory filing released on Thursday. New York-based hedge fund Paulson & Co. …
China’s state-owned insurers gave a vote of confidence in the ruling Communist Party as it winds up its five-yearly congress on Wednesday, taking the long view by snapping up a 50-year bond at a low rate. Sovereign bond rates are …
Property/casualty insurer Chubb Corp. suspended its stock buyback program, because it has not yet been able to determine what its total costs related to Superstorm Sandy will be. The Warren, N.J.-based company is considered to be one of the insurers …
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