Reinsurance
Munich Re Keeps No. 1 Spot in Ranking of 50 Global Reinsurers, With Swiss Re at No. 2
Munich Re for the second-straight year holds the top spot in AM Best's annual ranking of the Top 50 Global Reinsurance groups in 2021, followed once again by Swiss Re. The two global reinsurers ...
Have Insurers Paid Too Much for Asbestos and Other Toxic Torts?
Have insurers and defendants been overpaying for asbestos liability claims? Are there other ongoing toxic torts where that might be true today? The questions arise as a result of a revolution that's ...
Reinsurance M&A Slows Amid Macroeconomic Risks, Higher Natural Disaster Claims
Mergers and acquisitions in the global reinsurance sector will be limited into 2023 amid investor concerns over macroeconomic risks and heightened catastrophe losses linked to climate change, ...
Munich Re’s Profit Slumps as It Takes $1 Billion Hit to Investment Portfolio
Munich Re's profit slumped as the reinsurer took a hit of almost $1 billion to its investment portfolio in a volatile quarter for financial markets. The Munich-based company wrote down the value of ...
Reinsurer SCOR Reports H1 Loss of $242M Blamed on Ukraine War, Natural Disasters
Reinsurer SCOR reported a first-half loss attributed to the war in Ukraine, natural catastrophes and the severe drought in Brazil. The H1 loss of €239 million (US$242.6 million), compares with net ...
Vendor Cat Models Not Capturing Climate Change Impact: RenRe CEO
During a quarterly earnings call, the leader of RenaissanceRe discussed drivers of company's third straight double-digit operating ROE result, its resilience to inflation and recession risk, and also ...
RLI Bullish on Southeast Property Market as Others Exit
RLI Corp. has been hiring teams of property insurance professionals as the specialty insurer embraces opportunity in the southeastern U.S. market that others are fleeing, executives said Thursday ...
Are MGAs Winning the Insurance Talent War?
With more than 1,000 managing general agents writing roughly $70 billion in direct premiums last year, researchers at Conning believe one growth driver is the fact that the MGA model attracts talent. ...