Emerging Markets
Tianjin Explosions in China Didn’t Prevent Falling Marine Reinsurance Prices
Reinsurance rates in the marine sector continued to fall at the start of the year, in spite of the huge cost of explosions at China's Tianjin port last August, reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter said ...
Is El Niño Making Way for La Niña?
The El Nino that disrupted weather worldwide last year has peaked. Now forecasters are predicting what may be next for the world's climate. A number of El Nino-Southern Oscillation indicators suggest ...
Executives on the Move at Aspen, QBE, Markel and Safety
Aspen Insurance made a number of new global product leadership appointments. QBE North America hired on an AIG veteran to oversee and grow its risk business. Markel's venture arm promoted an ...
China Insurers Launch Investment Firm, Finance Russia Natural Gas Project
More than 40 Chinese insurance companies and asset managers have jointly started an investment firm, raising 40 billion yuan ($6 billion) for a first fund to finance energy and infrastructure ...
Natural Disaster Insurance Claims Plunged in 2015, but Climate Change Hurt: Munich Re
Insurers paid out around $27 billion for natural disaster claims last year with weather causing 94 percent of incidents, underscoring the challenge posed by climate change, data from reinsurer Munich ...
2016 Watch: Solvency II and Other International Issues You Should Care About
The global financial crisis is now seven years behind us and the property/casualty insurance industry and its regulation never faltered before, during or since. Yet, international pressure to ...
Zurich Insurance and the Other Top News Stories of 2015
What's ailing Zurich Insurance? That question was the focus of Carrier Management's top news story in 2015, a piece that drew enormous reader interest. Switzerland's largest insurer faced plenty of ...
ACE Outlines Post-Chubb-Merger Asia Pacific Exec Roster
ACE Group, in the final throes of a $28 billion merger deal with Chubb, has fleshed out the leadership team for its Asia Pacific commercial property/casualty arm. The new team will report, as ...