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Climate Change Poses Much Greater Existential Risk for the World Than COVID-19
Similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change ultimately will be managed by "bending the curve" of temperature rises and greenhouse gas emissions, according to Rowan Douglas, Head of Climate and ...
New Capital Unlikely to Immediately Soften Rates: Vantage Risk CEO
Greg Hendrick, the CEO and co-founder of the new reinsurance and insurance company Vantage Risk isn't too concerned about the new capital that has been pouring into the market this year, and its ...
As Rates Keep Hardening, Global Reinsurance Sector Receives ‘Stable’ Market Outlook
The outlook of the global reinsurance sector is "stable," which is mainly a reflection of hardening pricing conditions and tighter terms and conditions, according to AM Best and Fitch Ratings in two ...
Arch Capital Revises Watford Acquisition Agreement, With Backing From Ex-Rival Enstar
Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Watford Holdings Ltd. announced a revised definitive agreement under which Arch will acquire all of the common shares of Watford for $35.00 per share, in an all-cash offer ...
Not Monte-Carlo: The Future of the Rendez-Vous and Working in Reinsurance
It's been said that necessity is the mother of invention. That proverb took on new meaning for insurers and reinsurers as they successfully scrambled to conduct business digitally at the onset of the ...
Set Aside 150 Years for P/C Insurers to Pay COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses
The world's property/casualty insurers would have to collect business interruption insurance premiums for 150 years in order to absorb the estimated $4.5 trillion global output loss inflicted by ...
Reinsurers’ Investment Strategies Help Them Tolerate COVID-19 Impact: S&P
A decade of low interest rates and tough underwriting conditions has led reinsurers to cautiously invest in riskier and more illiquid assets to generate additional return. The good news is that this ...
With Tech Tools Galore, It’s an Exciting Time for InsurTech McKenzie Intelligence
Advanced technological tools are making it an exciting time to be an InsurTech – and an exciting time for those insurers and reinsurers that want to more accurately assess the risks on their books, ...