Aviva Plc sells Aviva Italy for €873 million in cash
LONDON: Aviva Plc has sold its remaining Italian Life and General Insurance businesses (Aviva Italy) for €873 million in cash. This values the businesses at...
PSC Insurance acquires Trust Insurance Services and Abaco Insurance Brokers for a total of £36.5 million
SYDNEY: PSC Insurance Group Limited has entered into agreements to acquire two UK based commercial (SME) broking businesses including Trust Insurance Services for a base...
Tower Limited to acquire ANZ legacy portfolio
AUCKLAND: Tower Limited has agreed to pay $14 million in cash to ANZ to acquire and assume ANZ’s rights and obligations relating to servicing a...
nib Group (formerly Newcastle Industrial Benefits)
nib Group (nib, formerly Newcastle Industrial Benefits) is an Australian health care fund. It was established in the NSW Hunter Region in 1952 to provide...
Beazley PLC
Beazley PLC (LSE: BEZ) is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses with operations in Europe, the US, Asia, and the Middle East. Beazley manages...
Admiral Group plc
Admiral Group plc is a financial services company headquartered in Cardiff, Wales. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, it is a constituent of the FTSE...
AM Best updates net capital charges associated with Fannie-Freddie mortgage risk transfers
OLDWICK: As more of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s mortgage risks continue to make their way to the reinsurance market, AM Best has published tables...
Stock market volatility puts focus on equity price risking Japan’s non-life insurance market
HONG KONG: High common stock leverage among each of Japan’s major non-life insurers brings systematic equity price risk into greater consideration, given the current COVID-19-driven...
U.S. insurance companies’ exposures to commercial mortgage loans crossed $522bn
OLDWICK: According to insurance sector rating agency AM Best, the U.S. life/annuity (L/A) insurance companies continued to increase their exposures to commercial mortgage loans in...
AM Best upgrades issuer credit ratings of South Carolina Farm Bureau Group members
OLDWICK: Insurance sector rating agency, AM Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bbb+” from “bbb” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of...
AM Best affirms credit ratings of Kingstone Insurance Company and Kingstone Companies
OLDWICK: Global rating agenct AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “a-”...
Kiwi insurer Tower gives back $7.2m to customers
SYDNEY: Kiwi insurer, Tower, has confirmed that it will be refunding customers $7.2m, due to the lower cost of car claims during the COVID-19 lockdown...