XL Group Plc, the Dublin-based insurer run by Chief Executive Officer Mike McGavick, acquired a stake in Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange, which takes on risks for wealthy clients and received funding from KKR & Co. this year. XL holds an …
John Paulson, the billionaire whose proposal to split American International Group Inc. into three companies was rebuffed by Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock, would also support an alternative plan for the insurer to sell units, according to people familiar with …
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reduced its investment in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. by 13 percent during the third quarter. The billionaire investor’s Omaha, Nebraska-based firm said it owned almost 11 million shares at the end of September, the company …
American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock has a bit of ammo as he meets Thursday with activist shareholder Carl Icahn: The credit market has been on the insurer’s side. The cost to protect bondholders against an AIG …
American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock, who is shrinking the company while fighting off an activist investor, told staff that they can’t all count on lifetime employment with the insurer, according to people familiar with his remarks. …
American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock dismissed activist investor Carl Icahn’s proposal to split the company into three insurers, saying a division would limit earnings diversity and reduce the value of some tax assets. The stock declined …
American International Group Inc., the insurer facing pressure from activist shareholder Carl Icahn for a breakup, posted a third-quarter loss as investment results deteriorated. The company plans to cut as many as 400 senior- level jobs. The net loss of …
Peter Hancock may have met his hardest challenge yet. Since Hancock took over as chief executive officer of American International Group Inc. last year, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s new commercial insurer raided AIG for talent. The integration of two …
Ace Ltd. yesterday sold $5.3 billion of bonds to finance its acquisition of Chubb Corp. The debt sale, which will help close a deal valued at about $30 billion, was issued in four parts, with the longest portion, a 30-year …
Greenlight Capital Re Ltd. posted its third-straight unprofitable quarter on losses in the investment portfolio overseen by hedge-fund manager David Einhorn. The net loss for the period ended Sept. 30 widened to $219.7 million, or $5.98 a share, from $51.8 …
