Underwriting
Chubb Estimates $1.4B in Q2 Pretax COVID-19 Catastrophe Losses
Chubb's new, sobering disclosure of Q2 2020 global net catastrophe losses underscores the damage COVID-19 is doing to carriers' bottom lines. The global property/casualty insurer reported a whopping ...
Torrential Rain, Thunderstorms Batter Parts of China, Creating Flood Risks
The central Chinese city of Wuhan, epicenter of the new coronavirus pandemic, raised its flood alert level on Monday as torrential rain and thunderstorms battered swathes of the country, including ...
Climate Battles Are Moving to the Courtroom, Fueled by Creative Arguments
Climate change may be having its day in court. With the slow pace of international climate negotiations, lawyers from Switzerland to San Francisco are increasingly filing lawsuits demanding action. ...
Lemonade’s Debut Day of Trading Sees 140 Percent Jump in Stock Price
Lemonade soared on July 2 as its stock price climbing nearly 140 percent in the InsurTech's debut day as a public company. It's a significant achievement for the New York-based startup, which only ...
California Utility Emerges From Bankruptcy After Wildfires Pushed It to the Brink
Nearly a year and a half after collapsing under $30 billion in liabilities from wildfires sparked by its equipment, PG&E Corp. has emerged from the biggest utility bankruptcy in U.S. history. The ...
Allianz CEO Baete Predicts 2021 Recovery Barring Another Major Coronavirus Hit
Allianz, which is facing headwinds from the coronavirus crisis, expects to be back on track in 2021 barring a second major outbreak or financial market correction, the German insurer's chief ...
Lemonade Raises IPO Price Range
SoftBank Group Corp-backed insurance startup Lemonade Inc on Wednesday increased the target range for its U.S. initial public offering, looking to raise up to $308 million at a market capitalization ...
In 2020, U.S. P/C Insurers’ Decade-Long Run of Premium Growth Will End: S&P
The U.S. P/C insurance industry will end a 10-year run of premium growth in 2020 due to COVID-19 fallout, according to new research from S&P Global Market Intelligence. "Factors including ...