Reinsurance
California Utility Reaches $11B Settlement Over Wildfire Claims
California power producer PG&E Corp said on Friday it has reached an $11 billion settlement with entities representing about 85% percent of insurance subrogation claims relating to 2017 and 2018 ...
Risk Alert: Is Water Making Us Fat?
Drinking water: a commodity so abundant in modern society that we rarely give it much thought. At least until recently with two dramatic discoveries. First, the discovery of lead-contaminated water ...
China-Owned Insurer Helps Soften Trade War Hits for Exporters and Importers
As the U.S.-China trade war intensifies, an insurance company run by the Chinese government is stepping in to support Chinese exporters, providing low cost coverage and chasing down U.S. importers ...
As Legacy Acquisitions Boom, What Will Happen to Deal Pricing?
Activity in the legacy insurance market has boomed. However, as capital pours in, perhaps it is best to understand how pricing will develop in the space and whether increased capital will drive price ...
California Wildfire Victims Balk at Utility’s Plan to Cap Payments
PG&E Corp's plan to cap payments to victims of California wildfires blamed on the power producer is "totally unacceptable," a lawyer representing victims in the utility's bankruptcy case said on ...
On-Demand Cat Models: Xceedance, Oasis LMF Team Up
Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences and blockchain solutions, announced on Sunday that it is teaming up with the Oasis Loss Modelling ...
Top 25 Non-Life Reinsurers: Munich Re Leads A.M. Best Ranking
Munich Re tops a ranking of global non-life reinsurers, eclipsing Swiss Re by more than $2.5 billion in gross premiums on a list extracted from an A.M. Best analysis. The rating agency's special ...
Reinsurance Industry Continues Dabbling With Technology, But It’s Time to Dive In
If you look at the history of technology, a huge new trend has completely transformed a business sector every 10-15 years. However, usually the introduction of a new digital development is ...