Reinsurance
Soft Market Remains Top Reinsurance Industry Worry: Xuber Survey
Soft market conditions continue to be the biggest concern for the industry, followed by regulation, competition from third party capital, low investment returns, cyber crime and maintaining ...
Commercial Auto Saw ‘Meaningful’ Price Hikes in Q1: Willis Towers Watson
Poor claim results continue to drive "meaningful" price increases for commercial auto, but commercial insurance as a whole barely budged during the 2016 first quarter versus last year. Willis Towers ...
Early June’s Bad Weather Poor Predictor For Atlantic Hurricane Season
A week into June and two tropical storms have drenched the U.S. South. Perhaps it would be a good time to stock up on duct tape, plywood and sandbags. Unfortunately, using the first few weeks to ...
Zurich Mulls Expanding Coverage to Help Protect Banks From Catastrophic Losses
Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland's largest insurer, may increase its offering of insurance that helps protect banks from catastrophic losses like rogue trading by sharing risk with investors. ...
Smart Choices, Luck Help U.S. P/C Insurers Stay Stable: S&P
Good news alert: the U.S. property/casualty insurance sector "has been dealt a good hand" and remains stable due to smart choices and a little bit of luck, Standard & Poor's said in a new report. ...
Lloyd’s Syndicates Soared With Low 2015 Catastrophe Losses: S&P
Benign catastrophe losses, combined with lower and less frequent casualty lines claims, helped Lloyd's syndicates deliver another strong set of results in 2015, reporting an average combined ratio of ...
Beef and Other Emerging Risks
Beef may seem relatively benign to you, but Swiss Re's latest SONAR report considers it an emerging risks for insurers to watch. The reinsurer's annual emerging risk list also includes human cyborgs, ...
May Global Disasters Could Cost Insurers at Least $7B in Claims: Aon Benfield
Global disasters led to at least $7 billion in claims during May as insurers aid the recovery process following wildfires, floods, and storms, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield's ...