Reinsurance
Executives On The Move at Hippo and Everest Insurance
California-based InsurTech Hippo hired two new executives and appointed two additional board members. Everest Re Group's Everest Insurance has a new Chief Claims Officer, who was promoted from ...
H1 2018 Generated $7.4B in New Catastrophe Bond Issuance: PCS
Catastrophe bond issuance for the 2018 first half failed to reach the record levels hit over the same period a year ago. The result was still positive and noteworthy, according to a new report from ...
Natural Disaster-Related Losses Reach 13-Year Low in H1: Munich Re
Overall losses from storms, flooding and earthquakes almost halved in the first six months of 2018 to $33 billion, the lowest figure in 13 years, reinsurer Munich Re said on Wednesday. Insurers paid ...
When Disaster Strikes, Sustainable Insurance and Reinsurance Industry Vital in Uncertain World: Swiss Re’s Ojeisekhoba
Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore described it as "the first taste of a bitter cup that will be proffered to us over and over again." That devastating event ...
African Dust Leads to Atlantic Storm Lull
What can give you itchy eyes, replenish the rain forest and bring a hurricane to its knees? Dry and dusty African air. The coffee-colored atmospheric swirl, captured by satellites last week, blew ...
Ignore the Naysayers: Blockchain’s Potential Touches Every Aspect of Insurance
Every emerging technology has its naysayers, who can be very accomplished in their field and still end up being wrong. For example, columnist and economist Paul Krugman once opined on the Internet's ...
Top Sovereign Funds Met in Paris to Map Out Climate-Friendly Strategy
Sovereign wealth funds managing more than $2 trillion are to lay out a strategy on Friday in Paris to pressure companies to be more climate-friendly, French officials said. President Emmanuel Macron, ...
May Trudges On With Brexit After Key Minister Abruptly Quits in Protest
British Prime Minister Theresa May pledged on Monday to pursue a newly agreed strategy to quit the European Union, in a challenge to those who may want to follow her former Brexit minister and quit ...