Reinsurance

PartnerRe Ltd., seeking to fend off a hostile $6.8 billion cash bid from Exor SpA, is weighing whether it can arrange new terms with rival reinsurer Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. to preserve their planned merger.

PartnerRe Ltd.s former Chief Executive Officer Patrick Thiele said the reinsurers shareholders should vote against a planned merger with Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. and called the cash offer from Italys Exor SpA a better option.

Overall, the outlook for P&C insurers is positive, according to attendees at S&P's 2015 Insurance Conference, but is the reward worth the risk?

The Florida Cat Fund should have $17 billion available for this Atlantic hurricane season thanks to a lack of hurricanes hitting the state in the past 10 years.

Swiss Re said its in talks with Nigerian insurers to buy minority stakes and benefit from growth in Africas largest economy.

Swiss Re's latest SONAR report identifies 21 emerging global risks driven by economic, tehnological, socio-political and environmental developments.