Crocked Chinese hurdler set for golden insurance payout
25 August 2008
Chinese Olympic hero Liu Xiang is set to claim an insurance policy worth RMB100 million ($17 million) after he was forced to withdraw from the 110-metre hurdles through injury...
International
Crawfords reports strong results
25 August 2008
Global loss adjuster Crawford & Company has reported a net income of $US7.9 million ($9.1 million) for the second quarter of this year...
Half-year results show European insurers still strong
25 August 2008
Despite poor performance in capital markets, the underlying performance of European insurers in the second half remains strong, according to a Moody’s Investors Service report...
Reserves mask weak profitability for Allianz in UK
25 August 2008
Allianz insurance operations in the UK reported a 3% increase in profit of £94 million ($201 million) for the second quarter against the same period last year...
Insurers withdraw from Burma
25 August 2008
Two global insurers are pulling out of Burma just three weeks after being named in a report by human rights lobby group Burma Campaign UK...
Bank may abandon sale of insurance wing
25 August 2008
The Royal Bank of Scotland may abandon the sale of its insurance division after raising nearly £6 billion ($13 billion) through the sale of part of its loan book…
Aon launches Green Cover
25 August 2008
Global broker Aon is following the new wave of green insurers by launching an environmentally friendly and energy-efficient insurance solution in its global property policy...
Failed US banks wipe 17% from federal insurance fund
18 August 2008
The failure of eight US banks this year is expected to wipe 17% off the US Government’s deposit holder insurance fund...
Zurich increases half-year profit
18 August 2008
Global insurer Zurich has reported strong results for the first half of 2008, with operating profit increasing by 8% to $US3.5 billion ($4 billion)...
S&P downgrades outlook for US commercial insurers
18 August 2008
Standard & Poor’s has downgraded its outlook on the US commercial lines insurance sector from stable to negative as concern persists over declining prices and investment income...
Ping An Insurance profit down on poor investment returns
18 August 2008
Chinese insurer Ping An has recorded a 2.5% drop in first-half net profit of RMB9.7 billion ($1.6 billion) as premium growth was offset by a 63% slide in investment income...
ING profits tumble in the second quarter
18 August 2008
Dutch banking and insurance giant ING reported a 29% fall in underlying net profit for the second quarter, with lower investment results accounting for the bulk of the decline...
Tokio Marine posts 42% decline in Q2 profit
18 August 2008
Japan’s largest property and casualty insurer, Tokio Marine, has reported a 42% drop in quarterly profit...
Aviation insurance premiums remain flat
18 August 2008
International aviation insurance rates remain “virtually” flat among lead hull and liability premiums according to a report by Aon...
UK insurance buyers lobby EU on block exemption
18 August 2008
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers has lobbied the European Commission in the hope UK insurers will continue to benefit from a block exemption to certain…
RIMS survey: North American premiums continue to fall
11 August 2008
It’s still a buyer’s market for commercial insurance in North America, as average premiums continued to fall among all major lines during the second quarter...
Swiss Re to acquire Barclays Life Assurance
11 August 2008
Swiss Re has agreed to buy the life insurance unit of British banking giant Barclays in a deal worth £735 million ($1.57 billion)...
AIG losses top $US5 billion
11 August 2008
American International Group posted a net loss of $US5.36 billion ($5.87 billion) for the second quarter of 2008, compared to 2007 second-quarter net income of $US4.28 billion…
Reinsurers’ profits wane as financial turmoil bites
11 August 2008
Munich Re has booked a first-half net profit of €1.4 billion ($2.4 billion) blaming “difficult conditions on the capital markets” for a 34% decline against the corresponding period…
Revenue up, profit down at Marsh
11 August 2008
Marsh & McLennan Companies has reported a 63% drop in second-quarter earnings...