Reinsurance
Global Reinsurers Face Major Hardening Market Over Next Two Years: Munich Re
Even before the coronavirus crisis hit, the re/insurance industry was in a period of significant rate hardening, which will likely continue over the next two years, or even longer, according to ...
COVID-19 Crisis Reveals Contract Clarity Lessons, Digital Opportunities: Flandro
In every crisis, lessons must be learned, but opportunities also are revealed. And so it goes with the COVID-19, which has shown the need for contract certainty in the re/insurance industry, while at ...
Despite COVID Losses, Lloyd’s Underlying Underwriting Results See Big Improvement
While Lloyd's overall results in the second half were hit by £2.4 billion ($3.12 billion) of COVID-19 claims, the market's underlying underwriting performance saw a "huge improvement," which Chief ...
Some Fear California’s Latest Wildfires Could Spark a Financial Crisis
Wildfires across the U.S. West are among the sparks from climate change that could ignite a U.S. financial crisis by damaging home values, state tourism and local government budgets, an advisory ...
Greenlight Re Triggers ‘Refresh’ of Operations With Executive Changes
Greenlight Capital Re made some major executive changes in what the company is dubbing a "refresh" of its operations. The Cayman Islands-based specialist property and casualty reinsurance company ...
Lloyd’s Records $520M H1 Loss Stemming From COVID-19 Claims
Lloyd's of London recorded a pretax loss of 400 million pounds ($520.08 million) in the first half, battered by the coronavirus pandemic, the commercial insurance market said on Thursday. Insurers ...
ACORD’s Innovation Tools Experiencing Soaring Reinsurance Demand
ACORD, the standard setting body for the global insurance industry, is experiencing a massive jump in global reinsurance and other industry interest in its digital products and services, CEO Bill ...
Arch Capital Reportedly Leading $500M Bid for Reinsurer Watford Holdings
A consortium led by insurer Arch Capital Group Ltd has made an approximately $500 million offer to acquire reinsurance firm Watford Holdings Ltd , people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The ...