Reinsurance
Environmental Groups Want Miners to Buy Private Insurance for Tailings Dams
Mining companies should be required to buy private insurance for tailings dams and their board of directors should be held legally responsible for any disasters, a coalition of 140 environmental ...
New Flood Risk Maps Designed to Address Major Government Deficiencies
First Street Foundation, a nonprofit agency, is making accurate climate change-adjusted flood scores available for every property in the U.S. today. There are government-produced maps showing 8.7 ...
Overly Broad Exclusions and Double-Digit Rate Hikes Seen in 6/1 Re Renewals
Providing a preliminary analysis of June 1, 2020 reinsurance renewals in Florida, Guy Carpenter reported that COVID-19 accelerated the firming of the reinsurance market, with carriers facing a ...
After 60 Years Going Solo, Triple-I Will Affiliate With The Institutes
The Insurance Information Institute plans to affiliate with The Institutes after 60 years as an independent organization. I.I.I.'s board of directors approved the plan earlier in June and The ...
COVID-19 Could Be Most Expensive Event Ever for Insurers, Reinsurers: Guy Carpenter
Although considerable uncertainty remains over its ultimate cost, the COVID-19 pandemic looks set to rank among the re/insurance sector's most expensive events, according to a report published by ...
Executives On The Move at W.R. Berkley and Alliant
Specialty insurer and reinsurer W.R. Berkley appointed two attorneys to high-level counsel positions. Alliant hired a co-leader of its mergers and acquisitions unit. *** W.R. Berkley Corporation ...
Nationwide, Swiss Re Among Carriers Participating in Upcoming NYC InsurTech Accelerator Program
An accelerator for growth-stage InsurTech startups is launching in New York City this fall. Several carriers and brokers will be participating, including Nationwide, Swiss Re and more. InsurTech NY ...
Tropical Storm Dolly Becomes Fourth Named Atlantic Storm of 2020
Tropical Storm Dolly spun up southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, becoming the Atlantic's fourth named storm of 2020, marking the third-fastest start to a storm season in more than a century. The ...