Risk
British Insurance Premium Tax Hike Worsens Situation for General Insurers
A tax hike on British motor and home insurance policies effective from Sunday is set to hit consumers and could trigger a fresh round of margin-squeezing price competition among general insurers. The ...
Swiss Re’s Estimated Tianjin Explosion Claims Hit: $250M
Swiss Re said that the Tianjin explosion in China will leave it with an approximately $250 million claims burden, but news of the claims hit didn't mar an otherwise solid 2015 third quarter. The ...
China and Germany Agree on Halt to Economic Cyber War
China and Germany agreed to work on stopping economic cyber spying between the two nations amid mounting concern that the thousands of small- and medium-sized companies that form the backbone of ...
Carl Icahn’s Emergence Ups the Stakes for AIG CEO Hancock
Peter Hancock may have met his hardest challenge yet. Since Hancock took over as chief executive officer of American International Group Inc. last year, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s new ...
Hurricane Patricia May Hit Mexico Cat Bond
Mexico's natural disaster fund may be $100 million better off at bondholders' expense after Hurricane Patricia appeared to trigger a catastrophe bond the country sold in 2012. Investors in those ...
PCI Conference Report: Cyber, Property Risks Not So Separate, CTO Says
The property/casualty insurance industry must change its approach to cyber security and update its coverage approach to help minimize risks, FireEye Inc. Chief Technology Officer Grady Summers said. ...
KPMG: Driverless Cars Could Drastically Reduce U.S. Personal Auto Insurance Sector
The U.S. personal auto insurance sector could shrink by 60 percent within 25 years as autonomous vehicles catch on, vehicles become safer and both trends reduce the number of accidents, KPMG said in ...
Knowledge Gaps and Convergence
Insurers covered $500 billion in catastrophe losses in the last 10 years. That huge number appears in Swiss Re's recent sigma report, "Underinsurance of Property Risks: Closing the Gap." It's hardly ...