Sentences with phrase «insurer holds assets»

The reciprocal insurer holds assets and liabilities, while the management company makes its money by selling malpractice insurance, and taking a percentage cut of the resulting premiums.

Not exact matches

China Oceanwide Holdings Group has agreed to buy U.S. insurer Genworth Financial for $ 2.7 billion in cash, the latest in a series of moves by Chinese firms to buy overseas assets as their domestic economy slows and the yuan weakens.

Held in a separate account that is unique from the insurer's general account assets.

Most mortgage insurers now must hold capital assets over 7 percent, compared to the 2 percent capital standard at FHA.

He believes that, «most retail investors do not require this level of liquidity» and that there is a, «premium paid for the ability of banks and insurers to hold assets with little or no capital charge.»

When analyzing a stock that trades at a discount to net asset value — whether it is an insurer, a closed end fund, or a holding company — you need to look for reasons apart from market perceptions why the stock should be valued that way.

The complexity level was too high, but the regulators required ratings for assets held by banks and insurers, and so the rating agencies did it, earning money for it, but also at significant reputational risk.

Although the fund owns companies across the health care sector, including insurers and equipment makers, a pharmaceutical - heavy portfolio — about 60 % of Health Care's assets are invested in pharmaceutical and biotech firms — held the fund back over the past year as those stocks came under fire during the recent U.S. presidential campaign.

On the risk side, divesting is about not getting stuck holding stranded fossil fuel assets that can not be burnt if the world is to adhere to a given carbon budget, a topic on which Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, has expressed concerns in a landmark speech to global insurer Lloyd's of London.

As a result, insurers could decide to rebalance their portfolios, to better match assets and liabilities, and purchase more bonds at the expense of equity, if they determine that the potential increased investment return on equities does not offset the cost of holding more capital.

This large insurer currently has more than 19 million customers around the globe in 18 countries, and it holds more than $ 547 billion of assets under management.

Known for their no - nonsense style TV ads, as well as their «Mayhem» character, Allstate is the largest publically held insurer for personal property and casualty insurance in America with over $ 100 billion in total assets as of 2014's year end.

Regulators can require insurers to hold more capital to guard against losses on riskier assets.