Reinsurance
Historic California Wildfires at Serious Risk of Spreading Further
Dry, hot and windy conditions are threatening to expand California's largest wildfires, which so far are burning in largely rural areas. The fires, which have killed 12 people and burned an area ...
Brexit Negotiations at Delicate Stage for the UK’s Financial Services Industry
Britain must avoid tying Brussels up in red tape or antagonizing its soon to be former European Union partners and the United States if it is to maintain access to the bloc's financial services ...
Once Again, Dust From Africa Helps Tamp Down Atlantic Hurricane Risks
Atlantic storm watchers are going to have a hard time seeing the ocean, never mind any tropical systems, as another Saharan swirl of dust from Africa is moving west. The dust, a marker for dry air, ...
Wait Before You Ask About AIG’s Next M&A Target
Now that American International Group has finally closed its $5.6 billion acquisition of Validus Holdings, an unspoken question has been: What's the next acquisition target? The issue came up during ...
Tale of Two Floridas: Hurricane Irma’s Belated Impact on Reinsurers
Reinsurers expressed different views of loss developments related to Hurricane Irma, when executives reviewed the impact of the Florida event on second-quarter earnings reports last week. Everest Re ...
Munich Re Will Halt Investment in Coal-Related Businesses
Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, will stop investing in bonds and shares of companies that generate more than 30 percent of their sales with coal-related business, its chief executive said, ...
‘All Options’ Still On The Table; Some Lloyd’s Biz Will Go: Aspen CEO
The chief executive of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited described business changes to Aspen's Lloyd's insurance book last week, while neither unequivocally confirming or denying rumors that a deal to ...
$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 ...