Archive

  • Insurers caught in crossfire of Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline

    31 May 2018

    Unfriend Coal has urged insurers to stop backing tar sands projects

  • AIG hires Arch's Lyons as chief actuary, Arch appoints Morin as replacement

    15 May 2018

    American International Group (AIG) has appointed Mark Lyons as senior vice president and chief actuary for general insurance.

  • Demise of insurer CBL claims victim in Denmark

    05 March 2018

    Alpha Insurance A/S used CBL as one of largest reinsurers

  • Berkshire Hathaway reveals $3.2bn underwriting loss

    26 February 2018

    Losses came from Geico, retroactive insurance and Gen Re

  • Three EU reinsurers strike quota share deal with IAG

    08 December 2017

    Regional agreement gives Hannover Re, Munich Re and Swiss Re 12.5% of IAG's gross earned premiums

  • Return on equity falls in soft markets for global reinsurers

    06 September 2017

    Willis Re says industry profitability relies on reserve releases

  • Berkshire Hathaway opens shop in Dublin, but not for the reason one might expect

    01 August 2017

    Dublin complements group's EU presence in Germany and Italy

  • Berkshire reports $379m underwriting loss in Q1

    08 May 2017

    Down from $348m gain in Q1 2016, mainly because of AIG reinsurance deal

  • AIG rating in question over reserving, risk management worries

    27 January 2017

    AM Best puts rating on review "with negative implications"

  • AIG pays Berkshire $9.8bn to reinsure US exposures

    20 January 2017

    Deal cedes 80% of reserve risk on historic US commercial long-tail exposures