Reinsurance
$500M Cat Bond Set to Expand FEMA’s Flood Reinsurance Plan
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has secured a reinsurance placement for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that for the first time is directly backed by capital markets ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurance Underwriting Returns to Profit, Driving Successful Q2
This year's looking brighter for Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s insurance businesses after 2017's hurricanes led to the first annual underwriting loss in more than a decade. Auto insurer Geico and the ...
Steering Clear of the Cedent Insolvency ‘Fatberg’
I started working in the London reinsurance market in 1978. Forty years' later, after a journey through various roles to running my own business today, I've seen many insurers and reinsurers come and ...
Swiss Re Net Profit Lands Below Forecasts; Reinsurer Mulls IPO for UK Closed Book Biz
Swiss Re is exploring a 2019 listing in Britain of its UK closed book business ReAssure, it said on Friday as a 17 percent fall in first half net profit hit its shares. The reinsurer said that it was ...
The Latest Launches From AIR Worldwide and Willis Towers Watson
Catastrophe modeler AIR Worldwide is marketing new software designed to estimate potential losses of reinsurance contracts and portfolios, industry loss warranties and insurance-linked securities. ...
AXA Redeems Itself With Strong First-Half Earnings
Axa SA gave under-fire Chief Executive Officer Thomas Buberl a needed boost with first-half earnings that beat estimates and growth in new business. Axa, posting its first results since a ...
Global Insurance M&A Rises in H1; Bermuda Generates Much of the Activity
Global Insurance M&A transactions climbed in the 2018 first half, with 186 deals completed worldwide, according to a new Clyde & Co. report. That number is up from 180 in the 2017 second ...
XL Group, Nearing Its Planned Merger With AXA, Reports a Steady Q2
As XL Group reaches the final days before its $15.3 billion sale to AXA Group goes through, the insurer and reinsurer is still doing fairly well as an independent company. XL Group/XL Catlin said it ...