The AMBG closed Monday, Aug. 4, at 1036.90 (-0.10%). Of the 15 A.M. Best stock indexes, six rose and nine declined. Leading A.M. Best’s Global Insurance Composite Index (AMBG) were Cigna (+5.25%) and Aetna (+5.03%). Trailing the list of global Read More

Aug. 5 (Bloomberg) — U.K. stocks advanced for the first time in four days, led by Barclays Plc after the U.K.’s third- biggest bank agreed to sell its U.K. life-insurance unit to Swiss Reinsurance Co. for 753 million pounds ($1.5 billion). Legal Read More

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss Reinsurance Co. reported a 53% drop in second-quarter net profit Tuesday, citing ongoing financial turmoil on the world markets. The world’s largest reinsurer said its net profit during the three months to June was Read More

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