7:58am

QBE vows to focus on cost savings

Australian insurer posts disappointing profit and cuts dividend

5:33pm

New Hiscox chairman downplays vote threat

Robert Childs dismisses corporate governance fears

From LEX 11:17am

QBE: bid to be valued once more

Transition to well-functioning global insurance company long overdue

Feb 24, 2013

Direct Line listing advisers to get bonus

RBS will pay about £7m extra on top of deal fee

From LEX Feb 24, 2013

AIG: on the right track

Expenses must fall and investments keep boosting margins

Feb 22, 2013

RSA faces investor anger over bonuses

Shares fall and investors say insurer should axe top rewards

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Week in Review, February 23

Sir Julian Horn-Smith survives showdown at Bumi

From BANKS Feb 22, 2013

ING insider to be next chief executive

Appointment of Ralph Hamers marks generational shift

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Swiss Re to pay $2.8bn in special dividends

Reinsurer makes a ‘significant distribution to shareholders’

Feb 21, 2013

Lancashire chief rejects positive analysis

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

Feb 21, 2013

AIG shares rise despite $4bn net loss

Superstorm Sandy and sale of aircraft leasing unit hit earnings

Lombard from ENERGY Feb 21, 2013

A plague on the houses of Nat and Bakrie

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

Feb 21, 2013

Insurers ease investor fears with payouts

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

From LEX Feb 21, 2013

Axa and Allianz: grind the numbers

The market suggests that Allianz has edge for diversification

Feb 21, 2013

Goldman sells Ariel stake in placement

US bank disposes of 75 per cent stake in Ariel Re

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

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