Norway’s Most Powerful Storm in Over 30 Years Rips Roofs Off Houses, Cuts Power February 2, 2024 By Jan M. Olsen Norway’s most powerful storm in more than three decades ripped off roofs, heightened avalanche risks, canceled flights and cut power...
Starr Insurance Cos. Opens Office in Oslo, Norway October 2, 2018 Starr Insurance Cos. announced the opening of a new office in Oslo, Norway, effective October 1, 2018. The Oslo office...
Low Interest Rates Pose Unknown Risks for European Insurers: CEO of Gjensidige August 30, 2016 By Jonas Cho Walsgard Cheap money could have unknown consequences for Europe, according to the chief executive officer of Gjensidige Forsikring ASA, Norway’s largest...
Norwegian Insurer Eyes First Sale of Industry’s Riskiest Bonds August 25, 2016 By Joe Mayes and Tom Beardsworth Gjensidige Forsikring ASA is on track to become the first insurer to issue a new type of bond that will...
Norway’s Storebrand Buys Real Estate, Mortgages to Escape Negative Yields March 17, 2015 By Jonas Cho Walsgard Storebrand ASA, Norway’s largest listed insurance company based on assets under management, is buying mortgage bonds and real estate to...
Willis Names Fagerli to Head Norway Subsidiary June 6, 2012 Willis Group Holdings announced that Nils Arne Fagerli has been appointed CEO of Willis Norway AS, effective immediately. He is...
Melting Arctic May Redraw Global Geopolitical Map April 3, 2012 By Peter Apps This year’s frenzy of oil and gas exploration in newly accessible Arctic waters could be the harbinger of even starker...
Europe’s PERILS Expands Coverage to Norway, Sweden July 14, 2011 PERILS, the independent Zurich-based company that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, announced that it has extended its market coverage to...
Aon Benfield Cat Report for November Highlights Cold and Floods December 6, 2010 In its latest monthly assessment of the world’s catastrophes for November Aon Benfield highlights the first winter weather event of...
India Expects to Break Rich/Poor Deadlock at Climate Talks December 3, 2010 By Alister Doyle and Timothy Gardner An Indian proposal could break a deadlock between rich and poor countries over how to share the burdens of tackling...