Zurich-based Echo Reinsurance Ltd., wholly owned subsidiary of German mutual insurance group DEVK, announced that it will target writing treaty reinsurance from Latin America in order to further enhance and diversify its portfolio. Echo Re also noted that it has …
Sanlam Emerging Markets, a unit of South African insurance company Sanlam Ltd., said it’s buying 51 percent of Malaysia’s MCIS Zurich Insurance Berhad for about 1.25 billion rand ($118.4 million). Sanlam will first buy a 40 percent stake in MCIS …
Collective trusts that insurers are allowed to invest in are confined to those backed by financing assets and non-listed equity assets, according to draft rules posted on the website of China Insurance Regulatory Commission [CIRC]. Collective trusts backed by fixed-income …
Genworth Financial Inc. plans to raise as much as $700 million by selling a minority stake in its Australian mortgage guarantor, in what may be the biggest share sale in the country for more than three years. The seller of …
Aetna announced that it has completed its acquisition of United Kingdom-based InterGlobal from a group led by its majority shareholder Alchemy Partners. The bulletin noted that “InterGlobal specializes in international private medical insurance for groups and individuals in the Middle …
Mississippi growers at some point this fall will have to make a momentous, one-time decision on how best to insure their livelihood over the next five years. In arriving at that decision, they will depend in large part on agricultural …
Massachusetts Division of Insurance’s last data call showed that the vast majority of insurance claims stemming from the Boston marathon bombing tragedy have been resolved. The data also revealed that among the 160 commercial property and business interruption claims made …
Vermont’s updated captive insurance law now offers inactive captives in the state a chance to apply for a “dormant” status. Vermont regulators said this latest modification reflects the state’s ongoing effort to introduce new prudent legislation for the captive industry. …
New Jersey authorities say six Passaic County, N.J., residents played roles in a staged-automobile accident scheme that defrauded two insurance companies out of more than $78,000. Acting state Attorney General John Hoffman announced the charges Monday. He said five of …
When suburban New York delicatessen owner P.J. Whelan heard the findings of a Federal Reserve Bank of New York poll released Monday on Superstorm Sandy’s effect on small businesses, he began nodding in agreement. “They got those numbers right,” the …
