Reinsurance
Western U.S. Wildfires Will Leave Insurers With a ‘Multi-Billion-Dollar’ Bill: Aon
Wildfires across the western United States will leave insurers with a "multi-billion-dollar" bill, Aon concluded in its September 2020 Global Catastrophe Recap. While it will likely take some time to ...
Exiting Insurers, Premium Hikes Pummel Canada’s Wounded Hospitality Business
Canadian hospitality businesses, already reeling from the downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, are facing yet another existential threat as insurance companies spike premiums or exit the ...
London Company Market Premium Jumped 10 Percent in 2019
Premium income for the London company market grew by 10 percent last year with £21.4 billion ($27.7 billion) of large commercial and wholesale risks underwritten by firms in the City. A new report ...
Claims Trends, Risk Exposures Face Long-Term Changes Due to Pandemic: AGCS
The magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic as an economic loss events is unprecedented for companies and insurers alike and claims trends and risk exposures are likely to evolve in both the mid- and ...
Executives On The Move at Swiss Re and Chubb
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions made three key leadership appointments in its Financial & Professional Services (FinPro) underwriting team. Chubb promoted an executive to the role of Executive Vice ...
Markel Property CAT Reinsurance Business Now Solely With Nephila
Markel Corporation is reorganizing how it handles its reinsurance property catastrophe business, and cutting some jobs in the process. The specialty insurer said it will close its Markel Global ...
Pandemic-Era Carriers Attracting Hedge Funds’ Attention
Five years after London-based hedge fund Toscafund ditched the shares it held in insurance companies, the $3.5 billion firm and its peers are flocking back, drawn by sharp premium increases which are ...
Allianz Among Insurers Bracing for Claims Over Hollywood Pandemic Production Shutdowns
Allianz SE, Europe's largest insurer, is bracing for a flood of claims after movie and television studios were forced to curtail production during lockdown. A unit of Allianz, which says it's the ...