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Strategies of insurer's investments have not changed despite the economic recession and credit crunch, mirroring other major institutional investors according to a report from The Conference Board.

While insurance for merger and acquisition risks is commonplace in the industrialized nations, Asia is just beginning to understand the value of risk transfer for these financial transactions.

ALEXANDRIA, VA.--A diversified underwriting portfolio might seem like a good strategy for riding out property and casualty insurance cycles, but carriers ranking among the best cycle managers have the least diversified books of business.

The private equity firm Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, headed by former Marsh & McLennan Companies Chief Executive Jeffrey Greenberg, has invested in TigerRisk Partners LLC.

The chairman of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission today cited American International Group as the poster child for the need for strong regulation of the over-the-counter derivatives market.

The Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Run-Off Companies has launched an arbitration procedure designed to expedite small and "less-complicated" claims between insurers and reinsurers.