Forecast economic losses for California wildfires were in excess of $1.5 billion during September, with preliminarily insured losses estimated at more than $925 million, according to Aon Benfield’s Global Catastrophe Report...

More than 71 percent of risk managers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa have more influence that they did three years ago, according to a survey from ACE...

Ben Nelson has decided he will not renew his contract as CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)...

ANV Underwriters has appointed Florian Tischer to its mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance team...

A.M. Best has affirmed a rating of “a” on $800 million worth of insurance notes issued by Unum Group subsidiary Northwind Holdings...

Advantage Insurance Management USA has agreed to acquire the insurance management business of Captive Experts...

JLT Re has appointed Eve Dartigues as client manager in Paris...

The number of captives writing employee benefits has increased 10-fold since 2007, according to Towers Watson’s captive user group...

The Federal Insurance Office (FIO) has criticised state insurance regulators for not doing enough to address ongoing concerns about captive reinsurance…

Willis Group has launched a tool that enables risk managers to forecast third-party motor risk across Europe...

A significant number of captive directors are underestimating the severity of threats to brand reputation, according to an Aon Risk Solutions survey...

The US Senate has passed the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees (PACE) Act...