Underwriting
New Capital Rules Poised to Transform Kenya’s Insurance Industry
A push by Kenyan regulators to clean up the East African country's insurance industry is poised to trigger stake sales or exits by underwriters unable to meet the new capital requirements, according ...
GM Loses U.S. Appeals Court Bid for Ignition-Switch Lawsuit Shield
General Motors' 2009 bankruptcy does not shield it from lawsuits over a deadly ignition-switch defect that led to criminal charges against the automaker and prompted the recall of 2.6 million ...
Q1 Troubles: Catastrophe Losses Knocked Net Income Down 26.6 Percent
Severe weather and the hefty insured losses that followed helped produce a 26.6 percent plunge in U.S. property/casualty insurers' net income during the 2016 first quarter, a new industry study has ...
Executives On The Move at XL Catlin, Starr Companies and More
XL Catlin promoted an executive to lead its specialty reinsurance arm in London. A Chubb and OneBeacon veteran joined ID Experts, an identity protection software company, in a leadership role. Starr ...
Bermuda Insurance Industry Poised for Double-Digit Growth Through 2019
The Bermuda insurance industry is projected to grow at a steady pace as a result of new regulations and consistent growth in external business, such as offshore and captive, according to a new report ...
Pokémon ‘Augmented Reality’ App Game Leading to Liability Risks
Pokémon Go, a location-based "augmented reality" game for smartphones, may be shaping up to be a big insurance/liability challenge. The game launched in July (based on a 1990s children's card ...
Earthquakes, Storms Make H1 Insured Losses Soar: Munich Re
Economic losses caused by natural catastrophes in the first half of 2016 totaled US$70 billion, a significant increase from the $59 billion reported for the first half of last year, according to a ...
Insurers, Banks, Pension Funds Must Address Climate Change Risks: Report
The world's insurers, banks and pension funds are "inherently susceptible" to threats from climate change and must make adjustments, from shifting investment toward environmentally friendly ...