Kraft Foods Group will merge with H.J. Heinz Co. in a deal orchestrated by 3G Capital and Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway, creating the third-largest food and beverage company in North America.
American International Group Inc., the largest commercial insurer in the U.S. and Canada, said profit rose 1% in the first report under Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock.
Private-equity investors are expected to buy European insurance assets in 2015 as more companies sell non-essential businesses, according to a Towers Watson report.
Essent Group Ltd., the mortgage insurer backed by George Soros and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., is beating older rivals in the stock market as the U.S. plans to tighten regulation of the industry.
Essent Group Ltd., the mortgage insurer backed by George Soros and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., is beating older rivals in the stock market as the U.S. plans to tighten regulation of the industry.
Travelers Cos., the only property and casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, said second-quarter profit fell 26%, missing estimates, on catastrophe costs.
Insurance regulators in Europe wont relax rules designed to protect customers from risks to investments in structures like wind parks and power grids, Gabriel Bernardino said.