Commissions and fee income at Willis Towers Watson's investment, risk and reinsurance arm increased by 3 percent on an organic basis to $383mn in the second quarter as the broker undershot analyst earnings expectations
Generali reported a modest uptick in group profits in H1 as its P&C business generated an operating profit of EUR1.10bn ($1.29bn) that was 0.7 percent higher year-on-year.
Equity analysts remain bullish on the outlook for XL Group after its stock dropped 4 percent last week, despite the carrier posting consensus-beating second quarter results.
