Reinsurance
Climate Losses Batter Insurers While Reinsurers Step Back
As the planet warms and more natural disasters occur, insurers are facing an increasingly difficult time. In 2023, for the fourth year in a row, global insured catastrophe losses exceeded $100 ...
World’s Largest Reinsurers: AM Best’s Latest Ranking…sort of
Every year around this time, AM Best publishes a single list of the "World's 50 Largest Reinsurers," ranked based on unaffiliated gross premiums recorded in the prior year. The latest installment, ...
Results Too Good? Swiss Re Boosts Reserves ~$1B Amid Surprises
Lower than expected catastrophe losses in the second quarter helped fuel nearly $1 billion in net profit for Swiss Re during the period, and a 16 percent jump in profit to $2.1 billion for the first ...
Hard Reinsurance Prices Likely to Last Longer Than in Previous Market Cycles: Report
Hard reinsurance pricing conditions are likely to last longer than in previous market cycles mainly due to persistently high claims activity from the accumulation of medium-sized disaster losses and ...
‘We’re Going to Survive and It’s Going to Come Back’: Maui Wildfire Victims
They have combed the ashes for mementos, worried about where they would sleep, questioned their faith and tried to find a way to grieve amid the great, unsettling devastation. Residents have faced a ...
European Insurers Enjoy Big Profits After Premium Hikes
Several European insurers recorded bumper first-half profits on Thursday, as customers burnt by a pandemic, war and a pick-up in natural catastrophes in recent years continue to face higher premiums ...
Insurer’s Lack of Repairs Caused Woman’s Death After Ian: Florida Lawsuit
Just as another hurricane hit Florida, the child of a central Florida woman is litigating a claim from a previous storm—Hurricane Ian in 2022. This time, though, the plaintiff claims not only ...
First-Half Global Insured Nat Cat Losses Top 10-Year Average
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes totaled $60 billion during the first half of 2024, or 62 percent above the 10-year average, according to preliminary estimates from Swiss Re. Severe ...