Content from L.S. Howard
‘Hardening’ Property Catastrophe Market Enters ‘Hard’ Market Phase: Bank of America
European reinsurers will miss their earnings targets in 2022 — for the sixth year in a row — which is pressuring the industry to raise rates and continue improving the quality of their ...
Lloyd’s Has Strong H1 Underwriting Profit but Reports Overall Loss on Investment Hit
While Lloyd's reported a strong underwriting profit during the first half and its best combined ratio in five years, similar to many insurers it saw an overall loss as a result of its investments. ...
50-50 Split: Reinsurers Feel Strongly Both Ways About Catastrophe Risk
The natural catastrophe business of global reinsurers has been reshaped by five years of higher-than-expected losses, which is leading reinsurers to adopt divergent strategies—either diving in to ...
MGAs: An All-Weather Distribution Channel for Soft and Hard Markets
Many reinsurers across the globe increasingly have been doing business with certain select managing general agents (MGAs), seen as market innovators, by reinsuring the fronting insurers that provide ...
Conquering Complex Supply Chains
Supply chain. The unprecedented disruptions of the past few years have made "supply chain" a household word—because nearly every household in the world has been affected by the shortages of goods ...
ILS Investors Could Help Fill Cyber Re/Insurance Protection Gap if Hurdles Are Overcome
The cyber re/insurance protection gap provides an opportunity for insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors, which historically have filled the gaps where traditional capital has either retrenched ...
Taming Global Supply Chain Risks, Holistically
The world has seen the seismic impact of supply chain disruptions over the past few years—brought on by COVID-19, the Russia-Ukraine war, Brexit, inflation and natural catastrophes such as last ...
Real-Time Tech: Supply Chain Analysis Tools
Transparency is the key to managing supply chain risk. But some businesses only focus on selective financial information from their suppliers, which can leave them exposed. Beyond creditworthiness, ...