Reinsurance
Texas Tornadoes Led to Bulk of Dec. U.S. Insured Storm Losses: Aon Benfield
The last 10 days of 2015 turned out to be brutal in terms of weather, contributing to at least $2 billion in insured losses for the month of December, according to Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting. ...
California Welcomes El Niño-Driven Rain and Snow
Egged on by El Nino, rain is falling across California. While it's welcome, wanted and setting records, it still isn't enough to bust the drought. That doesn't mean the mood is dour because after ...
Executives On The Move at CNA, AIR Worldwide and RLI
CNA has a new senior vice president; Verisk Analytics business AIR Worldwide gained a new president; RLI promoted two executives. *** CNA named a Zurich and OneBeacon veteran as its new senior vice ...
Tianjin Explosions in China Didn’t Prevent Falling Marine Reinsurance Prices
Reinsurance rates in the marine sector continued to fall at the start of the year, in spite of the huge cost of explosions at China's Tianjin port last August, reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter said ...
A Mature Cat Bond Market? 2015 Issuance Dropped 25% Over 2014
The catastrophe bond market may be showing some steady signs of maturity. Bond issuance, measured by new limit, came in at $6 billion in the 2015 fiscal year. That's one of the five most active ...
U.K. Insurers Can Handle Nation’s Historic Floods: A.M. Best
As the U.K. continues to deal with a winter of historic flooding, strong balance sheets and an otherwise light year for bad weather will allow insurers to absorb the losses, A.M. Best concluded in a ...
Florida’s Veteran Insurance Commissioner Will Depart in May
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin M. McCarty announced said he'll resign May 2, 2016 to pursue other job opportunities, capping 12 years in the post, according to the Florida Office of Insurance ...
Is El Niño Making Way for La Niña?
The El Nino that disrupted weather worldwide last year has peaked. Now forecasters are predicting what may be next for the world's climate. A number of El Nino-Southern Oscillation indicators suggest ...