Reinsurance
QOMPLX Plans MGA Subsidiary Launch for Fall 2020
QOMPLX, the developer of an intelligent decision platform used in cybersecurity, insurance, and quantitative finance, is launching a U.S.-based MGA subsidiary. RubiQon Risk & Insurance ...
Managing a Pandemic: Are There Lessons From Catastrophe Modeling?
COVID-19 isn't the first and won't be the last pandemic to threaten the well-being of the global population, but it will likely turn out to be the worst in the last 100 years. It would be hard to ...
Executives On The Move at QBE North America and Safety National Re
QBE North America promoted a veteran executive to be Head of Professional Lines and Industry Verticals. At Safety National Re, its Chief Underwriting Officer for reinsurance has retired, and a rising ...
Chubb Estimates $1.4B in Q2 Pretax COVID-19 Catastrophe Losses
Chubb's new, sobering disclosure of Q2 2020 global net catastrophe losses underscores the damage COVID-19 is doing to carriers' bottom lines. The global property/casualty insurer reported a whopping ...
Woolley Joins AXIS International Construction Team
A veteran of Zurich Insurance, CNA and more joined AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. in a leadership role. Anna Woolley was named senior underwriter in the AXIS International Construction team. In her new ...
California Utility Emerges From Bankruptcy After Wildfires Pushed It to the Brink
Nearly a year and a half after collapsing under $30 billion in liabilities from wildfires sparked by its equipment, PG&E Corp. has emerged from the biggest utility bankruptcy in U.S. history. The ...
Helping Employees Return to the Workplace: Leadership Tips
With most of the world beginning to reopen after months of pandemic lockdown, it's time for businesses to begin implementing their plans for re-entry to the workplace. Among the expert tips: ensure ...
In 2020, U.S. P/C Insurers’ Decade-Long Run of Premium Growth Will End: S&P
The U.S. P/C insurance industry will end a 10-year run of premium growth in 2020 due to COVID-19 fallout, according to new research from S&P Global Market Intelligence. "Factors including ...