10:46pm

Swiss Re to pay $2.8bn in special dividends

A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. ©AP

Reinsurer makes a ‘significant distribution to shareholders’

10:23pm

Lancashire chief rejects positive analysis

Brindle says scope to raise prices ‘at odds with reality’

9:20pm

AIG shares rise despite $4bn net loss

Superstorm Sandy and sale of aircraft leasing unit hit earnings

8:32pm

Insurers ease investor fears with payouts

Allianz, Axa and Swiss Re disclose plans to maintain or raise dividends

5:53pm

Goldman sells Ariel stake in placement

US bank disposes of 75 per cent stake in Ariel Re

Lombard from ENERGY 8:56pm

A plague on the houses of Nat and Bakrie

The Bumi affair will continue to be a blight on the City

From LEX 8:32pm

Axa and Allianz: grind the numbers

The market suggests that Allianz has edge for diversification

Henri de Castries, AXA chief ©Magali Corouge Feb 21, 2013

Axa chief weighs in on French output

De Castries says country gives business-unfriendly perception

Feb 21, 2013

Allianz joins low interest rate warnings

Dividend left unchanged despite recovery in investments

Lombard Feb 21, 2013

BAE defends against golden oldies

Feb 20, 2013

RSA under attack over dividend cut

‘Bolt from the blue’ draws wrath of shareholders

From LEX Feb 20, 2013

RSA: dividend diversion

Investors may not be happy but cutting payout will give insurer the resources to expand

From MARKETS Feb 20, 2013

Schroders rises on retail surge expectations

Fund manager’s January inflows the highest since 2009

Feb 20, 2013

RSA cut raises concern for dividends

Insurance stocks have some of the highest yields on offer

Feb 19, 2013

Esure accelerates stock market launch

Mid-cap corporate brokers appointed

Feb 19, 2013

Insurer replaces Deloitte with KPMG

RSA move a further sign of change in notoriously static market

Feb 19, 2013

Dublin sells Irish Life to Canadian insurer

State-owned group fetches €1.3bn in ‘historic transaction’

From WORLD Feb 18, 2013

Suffering side-effects of health reform

Critics see threat to Obamacare goals

From SPECIAL REPORTS Feb 18, 2013

Taking care of talent

The rise of human capital management business software

Feb 18, 2013

London insurers diverge on dividends

UK insurance sector split over capital preservation and payouts

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