Looking to enter the health insurance
Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc. expects to claim $104 million in reinsurance recoveries from three separate catastrophe bond
For the first time in four and a half years, commercial insurance
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. posted its lowest level of net premiums
And, Maiden Holdings Ltd. reported a fourth-quarter 2017 non-GAAP operating loss
Featured news
US readies special team for opioid crisis; EU to approve Bayer's Monsanto bid: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Justice Department would create a new task force to curb the opioid crisis; and Bayer is close to getting approval from European regulators for its $62.5 billion acquisition of Monsanto.
Financial news in other parts of the world
Asia-Pacific: China unveils bond issue rules; India tells banks to fix operational gaps
Europe: Deutsche Bank settles LIBOR case; Sberbank, Erste post YOY rise in FY'17 profits
Middle East & Africa: Mizrahi Tefahot to pay more dividends; FirstRand names new CEO
Latin America: Q4 profits rise for BTG, Sul América; Itaú CorpBanca posts net loss
The day ahead
Early morning futures indicators pointed to a higher opening for the U.S. market.
In Asia, the Hang Seng was down 1.36% to 30,844.72 and the Nikkei 225 fell 1.44% to 22,068.24.
In Europe as of midday, the FTSE 100 dropped 0.26% to 7,263.25, and the Euronext 100 slid 0.46% to 1,027.36.
On the macro front
The Chicago PMI report, Pending Home Sales Index and the EIA Petroleum Status Report are due out today.
