All the headlines from our Morgan Stanley Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 27 2019 // MS Amlin, the London-based re/insurer, announced a new operating model and senior leadership team in response to the recent decision by its parent company, MS&AD, to reorganize its international businesses.This...
Nov 25 2019 // S&P Global Ratings said it revised its outlook on Qatar Insurance Co. S.A.Q. (QIC) to negative from stable, although it has affirmed the group’s “A” rating.When QIC acquired four of...
Nov 21 2019 // The financial and credit ratings of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. (MSI) remain unchanged following an announcement by its parent company, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (MS&AD), that it plans to reorganize its...
Oct 14 2019 // MS Amlin, the London-based re/insurer and subsidiary of MS&AD, confirms its exit from the aviation insurance market, effective from Oct. 14 when it will cease underwriting aviation insurance renewals or new...
Oct 1 2019 // MS Amlin, the London-based re/insurer and subsidiary of MS&AD, announced a new underwriting strategy that focuses on three core, non-commodity markets, while exiting nine non-core markets, which no longer fit in its...
Sep 24 2019 // German insurer Allianz, Nippon Life and MS&AD Insurance are vying with rivals to buy the Singapore and Vietnam businesses of Britain’s Aviva in a deal likely to be worth up to $2.5 billion, sources...
Sep 4 2019 // Global re/insurer MS Amlin announced that Chris Beazley, CEO of MS Amlin AG, will be expanding his leadership role to include all of MS Amlin’s reinsurance business with immediate effect. Beazley takes over the...
Jul 1 2019 // MS Amlin, the specialist global re/insurer, announced it has appointed Véronique Perottino as country manager for France. Perottino will join the business beginning of September reporting to Rudy Benmeridja, CEO of MS...
Jun 18 2019 // MS Amlin, the London-based re/insurer, announced the appointment of Mary Vogiatzidou to the role of senior marine underwriter.Vogiatzidou will be based in MS Amlin’s Dubai office and will be responsible for the...
Jun 7 2019 // Swiss Re is pressing ahead with plans to float its $4.5 billion UK life insurance business in London to put it under a more favorable regulatory regime and give it easier access to capital to fund its expansion.ReAssure,...
May 21 2019 // MS Amlin announced the purchase of a strategic stake in Envelop Risk, a global specialist reinsurance managing general agent (MGA), which combines insurance expertise with artificial intelligence-driven cyber risk...
May 2 2019 // MS Amlin announced an upgrade of of a digital trading solution to upgrade its “Countrywise insurance” service, which provides agricultural motor insurance for brokers and their clients in Great Britain and...
Apr 29 2019 // MS Amlin, the global re/insurer, announced the appointment of Iain Pearce to the role of chief financial officer. Pearce will join the business on June 3, 2019, forming part of the executive team and reporting to Simon...
Feb 14 2019 // Fitch Ratings has upgraded the insurer financial strength (IFS) ratings of Japanese insurer Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance to “A+” (Strong) from “A”.Fitch also affirmed MSI’s issuer default rating...
Feb 14 2019 // MS Amlin, the specialist global re/insurer, has launched a comprehensive all-risks policy designed for the technology sector in the UK, which is called Technology Combined.The product provides companies with cover against...
Dec 21 2018 // Japanese insurance group MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (MS&AD) has agreed to increase its minority stake in ReAssure, Swiss Re’s UK closed life book consolidator, by making an additional cash investment of...
Dec 3 2018 // State Farm, Allstate and USAA have the lion’s share of exposure from the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Alaska on Nov. 30, according to a Morgan Stanley Research brief put out on Monday.The epicenter was...
Oct 4 2018 // A black former Morgan Stanley broker who filed a lawsuit accusing the bank of racial bias must pursue his claims in private arbitration, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.U.S. District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan ruled...
May 4 2018 // According to details revealed in a public filing earlier this week, two parties approached XL Group for potential tie-ups before AXA started to pursue a deal—and seven, in total, were interested before AXA and XL agreed...
Apr 2 2018 // Alliant, Hecht & HechtAlliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Portland, Ore.-based Hecht & Hecht’s property/casualty insurance services. The deal will bring Hecht & Hecth’s P/C insurance...