MGA Pixel Re Launched for Global Property, Energy Risks of $500M and Above
Connect Underwriting Ltd., a London-based specialist reinsurance managing general agent, announced the availability of new capacity via Pixel Re, a new dedicated, ...
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‘Droves’ of Global Re Market Entrants Unlikely; Outlook Stable: AM Best
Will 2023 reinsurance renewals mark a turning point to a "true hard market" that attracts "new capital in droves" and expands supply? Analysts from AM Best raised the question in a new Best's Market ...
Unsyncopated Clocks: ‘Fire and Flood’ Book Highlights Insurers’ Climate-Change Late Show
Scientists have been sounding the climate-change alarm for decades. But despite these dire warnings, a large swath of the public still refuses to believe, and both policymakers and businesses have ...
Backing Up EV Battery Reliability: Munich Re’s aiSure
The European Union is miles ahead of the U.S. in terms of adopting electric vehicles (EVs). By 2026, the number of EVs sold in the EU is expected to exceed 4.4 million ...
AI Insurance Takes a Step Toward Becoming a Market
Back when Munich Re launched the industry's first insurance coverage for artificial intelligence (AI) at the end of 2018, the policy, aiSure, found few takers. In ...
How Federato Solves Underwriters’ Problems—and Lowers Reinsurance Costs
Lower reinsurance costs aren't the most talked-about benefit of introducing AI and automation tools to the desks of property/casualty insurance underwriters, but with ...
Property-Cat Reinsurance Rates Likely to Rise by More Than 10% in January Renewals
Reinsurance rates for property-catastrophe business should increase by well over 10 percent when contracts are renewed in January 2023, according to a commentary from ...
Lloyd’s Ian Claims More Than $2B
On Friday, Lloyd's announced that claims to the Lloyd's market arising from Hurricane Ian are estimated to be in the range of $2.3 billion to $3 billion. The estimate is based on third-quarter data ...
Persistent ‘Underperformance’ at SCOR Prompts S&P Downgrade to A+
S&P Global Ratings announced that the rating agency is lowering the AA- financial strength and long-term issuer credit ratings for global reinsurer SCOR SE and its operating subsidiaries, ...