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Insured Losses Price Tag for Fort McMurray Wildfire Rises
The Fort McMurray Wildfires in Alberta in May are already Canada's costliest ever. A new estimate now places the insured-loss priced tag even higher than previously thought. Insured losses from ...
Natural Catastrophes Created $31B in Global Insured Losses Through H1: Swiss Re’s Sigma
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters during the first half of 2016 reached US$31 billion, or 44 percent of total economic losses of US$71 billion, according to a ...
Ratings Agencies Worry About Arch Capital’s $3.4B Deal for AIG’s Mortgage Guaranty Arm
Arch Capital Group Ltd.'s decision to buy American International Group's mortgage guaranty unit for $3.4 billion drew a mixed response from Standard & Poor's, Fitch Ratings, Moody's and A.M. ...
Reinsurers Risk Profits if Normal Catastrophe Levels Return: S&P
Most global reinsurers have been able to maintain underwriting discipline despite the ongoing soft market, but there is a danger that their profits could be hit if the current benign period of ...
Big Oil Faces $100B Risk From Louisiana’s Sinking Coast
From 5,000 feet up, it's difficult to make out where Louisiana's coastline used to be. But follow the skeletal remains of decades-old oil canals, and you get an idea. Once, these lanes sliced through ...
LA Commercial Buildings Likely More Resilient to Pending Flood Losses: AIR Worldwide
While it is early to determine insured and economic losses from massive flooding in Louisiana and Mississippi, an AIR Worldwide assessment of the damage offers some potential clues. The catastrophe ...
P/C Ratings Upgrades, Positive Outlooks Outpaced Negative in H1: A.M. Best
Property/casualty insurers can take comfort in the fact that ratings upgrades and positive outlooks outpaced downgrades and negative outlooks through the first half of 2016, according to a new A.M. ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS, Great American and Lockton
AXIS Capital Holdings continued its global reinsurance expansion with a new Dubai-based executive appointment. A Great American Insurance executive got a promotion. Lockton Companies hired a new vice ...