Reinsurance
Climate Change Will Spur Future Sovereign Ratings Downgrades: S&P
Thailand's credit rating downgraded by two levels. Dominican Republic lowered one grade. These are not real news headlines yet, but could be, according to scenarios outlined by Standard & Poor's. ...
Pre-Climate Conference Report: Rate of Weather Disasters Doubled in 20 Years
Weather-related disasters such as floods and heatwaves have occurred almost daily in the past decade, almost twice as often as two decades ago, with Asia being the hardest hit region, a U.N. report ...
Parisian Businesses Can Seek Help from Terrorism Reinsurance Fund
Parisian businesses struggling after the Nov. 13 attacks are likely to be able to make successful insurance claims, helped by a state-backed fund set up in the wake of the Sept. 11 2001 attacks in ...
Swiss Re: Emerging Markets Still Driving Non-Life Premium Growth
Non-life insurance premium growth should improve in 2016 and 2017, with emerging markets driving the charge, Swiss Re said in its annual insurance outlook. Emerging markets will generate ...
ACE/Chubb Merger Effort Ramps Up Exec Appointment Announcements
In the months following ACE Ltd.'s surprise July announcement that it would acquire Chubb for $28 billion, what began as a trickle is now a flood. Specifically, ACE's announcements of its post-merger ...
Executives On The Move at Markel, Kemper, Validus and State Auto
We have a changing of the guard to tell you about involving the leadership at Markel Corp., Kemper and Validus Holdings. Meanwhile, the new leader of State Auto Financial Corp has been named chairman ...
ACE Discloses New Round of Post-Chubb-Merger Appointments
ACE Ltd. disclosed yet another slate of executive appointments, most of which become effective after its $28 billion merger with Chubb closes in the 2016 first quarter. Among them is John Keogh. He's ...
Proposed Solvency Rules Give Lloyd’s, Other British Insurers Key Exemption
Britain's biggest insurers will be exempt from having their most important indicator of financial health externally audited under proposals issued by the Bank of England on Friday. New European Union ...