Assicurazioni Generali SpA’s fourth-quarter profit rose less than some analysts expected on a writedown of its stake in BTG Pactual...
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German reinsurer Munich Re is boosting its cash reserves in the face of the punishing negative interest rates from the...
Munich Re, the world’s second-biggest reinsurer, expects profit to decline this year as falling prices for its products and low...
German reinsurer Hannover Re will focus on boosting earnings rather than premiums this year and may pay out more special...
Traditionally conservative European insurers and pension funds are turning increasingly to risky property bets on everything from new homes in...
Europe’s largest insurer Allianz has put its South Korean life insurance business on the block as part of a global...
Reinsurers are running out of claims reserves that they can release to boost profits as pricing continues to fall, according...

The insurance industry is becoming the latest casualty of the oil price slump, with postponements and cancellations of energy projects...
The return of banks into the European infrastructure market is denting insurers’ ability to enhance their investment returns by funding...
A.M. Best announced that it is holding to “its 2016 outlook for the global reinsurance sector at negative, citing the...