Reinsurer Validus Holdings increased the pressure on its target Transatlantic Holdings Wednesday, filing paperwork with regulators to ultimately replace Transatlantic’s...
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Warren Buffett advanced his succession plan Monday by naming Ted Weschler, a low-profile hedge fund manager who has produced out-sized...
AIG’s aircraft leasing unit, International Lease Finance Corp., filed for an initial public offering Friday despite deep uncertainty in equity...
Loss estimates from Hurricane Irene continued to fall and ratings agencies said insurers would have no problem with claims, helping...
The only thing worse than getting flooded out of your home once is getting flooded out of it twice. Or,...
Hurricane Irene is expected to have caused substantial property losses, though figures are still hard to come by because of...
Hurricane Irene caused between $200 million and $400 million in insured losses in the Carolinas, catastrophe modeling company EQECAT said...
Hurricane Irene is likely to cause more insured losses in the Bahamas than 1999’s devastating Hurricane Floyd, catastrophe modeler AIR...

Warren Buffett will invest $5 billion in Bank of America Corp., stepping in to shore up the largest U.S. bank...
In the annals of natural disasters, it doesn’t get much worse than a major hurricane directly striking New York City...