Trump Transportation Chief’s Record Signals Slowdown in Safety Regulation

Elaine Chao’s record as secretary of labor suggests she’d have a light hand when it comes to safety regulation as head of the Transportation Department and would seek to shift responsibility from the federal government to states where possible. President-elect …

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Chinese Insurers May Hike Overseas Investments by $100B: BNP Paribas Survey

Chinese insurers may boost outbound investment by about $100 billion over the next three years, as they seek to diversify risks through buying more overseas securities, private equity and real estate, BNP Paribas said on Thursday, citing a survey. This …

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Hamilton Underwriting at Lloyd’s to Hike 2017 GWP to £122.5M ($152.9M)

Hamilton Underwriting Ltd., the Lloyd’s platform of Bermuda-based Hamilton Insurance Group, announced that the managing agency has received approval from Lloyd’s to increase its gross written premium for Syndicate 3334 in 2017 to £122.5 million ($152.9 million). Gross written premium …

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Aon Agrees to Buy Brazil Health & Benefits Broker and Solutions Firm, Admix

Aon announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Admix, a leading health and benefits brokerage and solutions firm in Brazil. Financial terms of the agreement, which was announced on Nov. 25, were not disclosed and the acquisition is subject to …

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RMS Peru Earthquake Model and Actuaries Climate Index Are Launched

RMS and a group of actuarial societies each rolled out new products designed to respectively help measure risks related to earthquake and weather events. In RMS’ case, the catastrophe modeling firm gained regulatory approval in Peru to start marketing its …

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Vienna Insurance Group Completes Purchase of AXA’s Serbian Operations

Vienna Insurance Group announced it has completed the purchase of AXA’s Serbian companies. In July 2016 Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) signed a share purchase agreement for acquisition of the non-life company AXA Nezivotno Osiguranje a.d.o. Beograd and life company AXA …

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Bank of England Beefs Up Cyber Resilience Tests for UK Banks After Tesco Hack

The recent theft of money from accounts at retailer Tesco’s online banking arm caused the British authorities to enact contingency plans to allow lenders to share information after the attack, the Bank of England said on Wednesday. The bank also …

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