Fabrizio Croce News
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Swiss Life Holding AG, Switzerland’s biggest life insurer, said third-quarter sales rose 1 percent, as premium income in France offset a fall in revenue at German unit AWD Holding AG.
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Munich Re, Swiss Re Ltd. and Hannover Re are set to boost payouts to shareholders after Europe’s biggest reinsurers rebounded from a year of record natural catastrophe losses in 2011.
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Hannover Re, the world’s fourth- biggest reinsurer, expects record earnings this year after reporting a 63 percent increase in third-quarter profit.
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Insurers including Travelers Cos., Allianz SE and Zurich Insurance Group AG fell as the U.S. east coast prepared for Hurricane Sandy, which may cost the industry as much as $6.3 billion, according to Kinetic Analysis Corp.
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Austria is forbidding insurers from selling credit-default swap debt protection because the derivative contracts circumvent industry rules.
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Assicurazioni Generali SpA, the largest Italian insurer, named Cesare Geronzi, the outgoing chairman of its largest shareholder, Mediobanca SpA, as its new chairman and Giovanni Perissinotto as its sole Chief Executive.
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Assicurazioni Generali SpA, the largest Italian insurer, named Cesare Geronzi, the outgoing chairman of its largest shareholder, Mediobanca SpA, as its new chairman and Giovanni Perissinotto as its sole Chief Executive.
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Allianz may be preparing an acquisition in Switzerland, Kepler analyst Fabrizio Croce wrote in a report today, citing the German insurer’s announced sale today of two Swiss companies. Allianz’s target may be Baloise Holding AG, Switzerland’s third-biggest insurer, the analyst added.
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Insurance losses from the Japanese earthquake may be large enough to turn prices for catastrophe cover that have been falling for two years, according to analysts, brokers and underwriters.
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Zurich Financial Services AG , Switzerland’s biggest insurer, said first-quarter profit declined 32 percent after claims from floods in Australia and the earthquake in Japan.
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