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Swiss Re Ltd., the worlds second- biggest reinsurer, agreed to buy the U.K. pensions business of HSBC Holdings Plc for an undisclosed sum.

American International Group Inc., the largest property-casualty insurer in the U.S. and Canada, joined private-equity firm Oak Hill Capital Management to help start a lender serving medium-sized companies.

Analytics will drive market to reach $76 billion by 2020.

American International Group says Peter D. Hancock will become president and CEO effective Sept. 1, succeeding Robert H. Benmosche.

Employers are mainly taking a wait and see approach before making major changes to how they offer employee benefits, and most say they still feel it is important to continue to offer benefits to their workers even if distribution and delivery methods change, a recent survey reveals.

The FIO has initiated a study of auto-insurance availability and affordability. One comment letter comparing consumer spending on luxuries to spending on insurance drew a sharp response from a major consumer group.

Accenture Briefing reveals the leading concerns for insurance executives in 2014-2015.