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A Repeat of 2017’s Losses Could Test Reinsurers’ Otherwise Healthy Status: S&P
After global insured natural catastrophe losses hit record highs in 2017, will reinsurers be able to withstand another year of active natural catastrophes? S&P Global Ratings indicates that while ...
Tolerating Rogue MGAs Could Harm Entire Sector’s Reputation: Gallagher UK’s Chilton
While there's a bright future for managing general agents that "get it right," Grahame Chilton, CEO of Gallagher UK, warns against tolerating the few rogue MGAs who could ruin the reputation of the ...
Flood Model Development Helps Hiscox Re & ILS Enter U.S. Flood Protection Market
Less than 12 percent of U.S. homeowners have a flood insurance policy, despite the fact that flooding is the country's most common natural disaster, said Katy Sivyer, underwriter for North America ...
U.S. Flood Models Are Still in Their Infancy, So Underwriters Must Be ‘Cautious Consumers’
The market for privately written inland flood insurance in the United States is growing rapidly, but flood modeling is still in its infancy. As a result, underwriters need to be aware of the ...
Strategic Blockchain: Xceedance and ChainThat Gain Critical Mass
Xceedance decided to jump on the blockchain bandwagon late last year—but rather than building its own platform, it invested in ChainThat, a specialist provider of blockchain solutions for the ...
Generali Selling Belgian Operations to Athora Holding for $668.3M in Cash
Italy's Generali has agreed to sell its Belgian operations to Athora Holding Ltd. for approximately $668.3 million) in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2018, subject ...
Plenty of Reinsurance Capacity Remains for Mid-Year Renewals: Aon Benfield
Global reinsurer capital continued to rise in 2017, despite the $136 billion in insured losses from natural catastrophes last year, according to a reinsurance market report published by Aon Benfield. ...
Octo Telematics’ Execs to Buy Russian Shareholder Stake, Paving Way for IPO
Italy's Octo Telematics announced last week that its chairman and chief executive have signed a binding agreement to purchase 20 percent of Octo's shares from Russian company Renova Holdings. This ...