Achieving the desired return on investment (ROI) requires insurers to first consider the business issues that are driving them to even consider mobile technologies. After all, the ROI is always going to be tied to the business value.

Bermuda insurers and reinsurers reported strong first-quarter earnings relative to a year ago, with several swinging back into the black after reporting Q1 losses in 2011.

Bermuda insurers and reinsurers reported strong first-quarter earnings relative to a year ago, with several swinging back into the black after reporting Q1 losses in 2011.

Barclays and Deutsche Bank on Thursday won a fierce bidding war for a portfolio of toxic assets the US government acquired in the 2008 bailout of insurance giant AIG.

Barclays and Deutsche Bank on Thursday won a fierce bidding war for a portfolio of toxic assets the US government acquired in the 2008 bailout of insurance giant AIG.

The European Union is to put back by six months the deadline for member countries to enshrine strict new capital requirements for insurers into their law, drawing criticism from the industry over the reduced time available to adapt to the final version of the rules.

The European Union is to put back by six months the deadline for member countries to enshrine strict new capital requirements for insurers into their law, drawing criticism from the industry over the reduced time available to adapt to the final version of the rules.

Excess and surplus-lines carriers are beginning to see signs of a market change, including a shift in standard-carrier appetite for traditional E&S risks, according to an SNL Financial analysis.