Reinsurance
Hamilton Insurance Targets Q4 for New CEO Announcement
Hamilton Insurance Group expects to announce new chief executive officer toward the end of 2017, Carrier Management has learned. Previous Chairman and CEO Brian Duperreault stepped down from Hamilton ...
Qualified Claims Inspectors Needed After Florida/Texas Hurricane Double Whammy
Insurers are scrambling to find inspectors in Texas and Florida after fierce hurricanes battered the states one after the other, causing tens of billions of dollars' worth of property damage in less ...
Insurers, Reinsurers Alike See Stock Gains as U.S. Irma Fears Subside
Insurers jumped in markets from Europe to Florida amid signs that predictions about Hurricane Irma's damage were excessively dire. Giant reinsurers like Swiss Re and Munich Re, which shoulder risks ...
Irma Analysis: Insurer Financial Stress Unlikely If Early Loss Estimates Hold
Before Hurricane Irma made landfall in south Florida on Sunday morning, analysts were assessing the potential damage to property/casualty insurer and reinsurance balance sheets and earnings. On ...
Equifax’s Cyber Insurance Reportedly Not Enough to Address Massive Breach
Equifax Inc.'s insurance against cyber breaches is likely inadequate to cover the credit-reporting company's costs tied to one of the biggest hacks in history, according to people familiar with the ...
AmTrust Seals Quota Share Reinsurance Deal to Reduce Hurricane, Tropical Storm Exposures
AmTrust Financial Services signed a new quota share reinsurance contract intended to reduce hurricane and tropical storm exposure for its Republic Companies business. The contract, effective Aug. 1, ...
Insurer Shares Slump on Irma Fears; One Pre-Florida Insured Loss Estimate Over $100B
Hurricane Irma continued on a collision course with Miami after devastating a chain of Caribbean islands, triggering the largest evacuation in Miami-Dade County history and threatening to become the ...
Hurricane Irma Threatens $1.2B of Florida Crops; Insurance Issues Will Vary
Hurricane Irma is threatening to wreak havoc on Florida farmlands, menacing $1.2 billion worth of production in the top U.S. grower of fresh tomatoes, oranges, green beans, cucumbers, squash and ...