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Insurance
Hannover Re has boosted gross premium by 17.6 percent year on year to €5.3 billion, an increase of 27.5 percent adjusted for exchange rate effects. 8 May 2018
Insurance
Warren Buffett said he doesn’t want Berkshire Hathaway being a leader on cyber insurance because neither he nor others in the industry really know the risk, according to a May 5 Bloomberg News report. 8 May 2018
Technology
Managing general agents are partnering with insurtech firms—a trend that could transform the sector and the very nature of MGAs, Peter Staddon, managing director of the Managing General Agents’ Association, tells Intelligent Insurer. 4 May 2018
Insurance
The chief financial officer of Swiss Re has refused to deny that the reinsurer is in talks with companies other than SoftBank in relation to selling a stake in the company. 4 May 2018
Insurance
Italian insurance group Generali has increased operating results in its property/casualty (P&C) segment by 14.1 percent year on year to €528 million in the first quarter of 2018 due to improvements in the non-catastrophe loss ratio. 4 May 2018
Insurance
Swiss Re enjoyed strong growth in the first quarter driven by its L&H Re and in Life Capital units but its profits were effected by a change in US GAAP accounting covering guidance on recognition and measurement of equity investments, which meant it took a $280 million hit to its net profit. 4 May 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Broker Willis Towers Watson is integrating its insurance linked securities (ILS) business into its reinsurance unit Willis Re. 4 May 2018
Insurance
Liberty Mutual Holding Company (LMHC) more than doubled profits year on year in the first quarter of 2018 on lower natural catastrophe costs. 3 May 2018
Insurance
Australia-based QBE Insurance Group has closed an investment into HyperScience while entering into a multi-year commercial use agreement to roll out HyperScience solutions across QBE globally. 3 May 2018
Insurance
As it prepares to be taken over by AXA, Bermuda-based XL Group posted stable profits in the first quarter of 2018 while also enjoying solid growth in gross written premiums driven by rate increases. 3 May 2018
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