Risk
Practical ORSA Solutions for Challenged Insurers
After much anticipation, Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA) initiatives are now underway worldwide—taking effect in 2014 in Canada and 2015 in the United States, with similar initiatives ...
Novarica Brings on Insurance IT Vet For Leadership Team
Novarica said it is bringing on an international insurance technology veteran as a principal to the company. Mitch Wein will be joining the firm on Nov. 1, working out of its New York office. He was ...
Capital Gains Mute P/C Industry H1 Operating Income Decline
The combined ratio for the property/casualty insurance industry became slightly worse in the first half of 2014, as net investment income declined and weak operating income continued. But net income ...Geithner: AIG’s Collapse Could Have Triggered Global Mass Panic
The failure in 2008 of American International Group Inc., the world's biggest insurer, would have caused "mass panic on a global scale," Timothy Geithner, the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New ...
Watchdog Group Warns Arctic Shipping Safety Not Assured
Canada will have trouble ensuring marine safety in the Arctic as climate change melts the sea ice and shipping increases, Parliament's environmental watchdog said on Tuesday. Canada, said Environment ...
Swiss Re Predicts a Rise in Liability Claims as Economic Growth Accelerates
Liability claims have been lower than expected in recent years, which has boosted insurers' profits despite a decline in liability rates. But new risks and stronger economic growth will increase ...
Hanover Insurance Gets Ratings Affirmation in Advance of Q3 Earnings
The Hanover Insurance Group doesn't release its 2014 third quarter financial results until Oct. 29. But Fitch Ratings has given the Massachusetts-based U.S. property/casualty insurer an early bit of ...
Insurers Wary of ‘The Cloud’ Have Options for High Performance Models: AIR COO
Immediacy is the new norm in today's business environment, and catastrophe risk management is no exception. The insurance industry is increasing its use of catastrophe modeling to inform business ...