Insurance
Allianz Raises Financial Targets for Next Three Years
Allianz, one of Europe’s biggest insurers, has raised its three-year financial targets after outperforming its key goals for this year, the company said on Tuesday. Shares in Allianz fell 1.3% by 0832 GMT. The operator of the PIMCO brand sees …
Read More Insurers’ Climate Losses Almost Match Premiums From Fossil Fuels
Top insurance companies suffered $10.6 billion of climate-attributed losses this year, just shy of the $11.3 billion of direct premiums they underwrote for commercial fossil-fuel clients in 2023, according to Insure Our Future. Of the 28 insurers reviewed, more than …
Read More Catastrophe Bonds See Investor Influx After ‘Fantastic’ Run
After emerging from an unusually active hurricane season with market-beating returns, catastrophe bonds are rapidly adding investors. Despite the increase in extreme weather — 2024 marked the ninth straight season in which the Atlantic basin suffered above-average storm activity — …
Read More Yellen Warns Financial System Still Faces Commercial Real Estate, Crypto Risks
The US financial system continued to face vulnerabilities from commercial real estate risk and digital assets in 2024, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday, even as cooling inflation and low unemployment bolstered the broader economy. She signaled top US …
Read More Study: A Meter of Sea Rise Could Impact $1 Trillion in Property on Southeast Coast
A meter of sea level rise by 2100 would affect more than 14 million people and $1 trillion worth of property along the Southeast Atlantic coast, a new study shows. A recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change …
Read More Environmentalists Headed to Court Over Proposed Oil Well in Florida Watershed
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Environmentalists are heading to court to try to stop a plan to drill for oil in the watershed of a vulnerable north Florida river. The challenge brought by the conservation group Apalachicola Riverkeeper against the state’s …
Read More IICF Raises $1.4 Million for Northeast Nonprofits
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) reports that it raised more than $1.4 million at its 18th Annual Northeast Benefit Event last week in New York City. The gala hosted more than 600 professionals from the insurance industry for an …
Read More Alliant Acquires Union First in California
Alliant Insurance Services acquired Union First in Irvine, California. Union First will join Alliant’s Employee Benefits Group – West Region. Union First is a benefits consulting and third-party administration firm serving public safety labor associations, including police, firefighters and deputy …
Read More New York Expands Workers’ Compensation For Mental Health to All Workers
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to expand workers’ compensation benefits to people who are facing job-related mental health crises. The new law, which goes into effect January 1, 2025, allows any worker to file for workers’ compensation …
Read More People Moves: Generali Global Corporate & Commercial Appoints Key Leaders in Mediterranean & LatAm; Ryan Financial Lines Names Winborn as President, Mitchell as CUO
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Generali Global Corporate & Commercial and Ryan Specialty. A summary of these new hires follows here. Generali Global Corporate & Commercial Appoints Key Leaders in Mediterranean & LatAm Region Generali Global …
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