Reinsurance
What the Future Holds for Catastrophe Modeling: Aon’s Impact Forecasting
Technologies are rather like bicycles. Just as riders must continue to move forward or risk falling down, so too designers of catastrophe models are moving full speed ahead to stay on course, experts ...
Crop Insurance Payments For U.S. Plains Flooding Lower Than in Drought
Farmers are reaping higher yields and ranchers' feed costs have fallen sharply since flooding swept across the southern U.S. Plains in May, with the record rains providing tangible benefits to ...
Long-Term Stability of Reinsurance Market Questioned
The reinsurance market is moving from coverage of acts of God to one that covers commoditized risks – an evolution that could have long-term implications for market stability and trading ...
Ironshore to Spot U.S. Asset Purchases For Fosun, Its Chinese Owner
Ironshore, will help spot U.S. businesses and assets to buy for Fosun International, the Chinese conglomerate slated to become owner of the Bermuda –based insurer and reinsurer. These assets, in ...
Executives On The Move at Allianz, Aspen Re, Navigators and More
We have new executives promotions to tell you about from Aspen Re, the Navigators Group, Ironshore, AEGIS London and Allianz. *** Aspen Re hired on a RenaissanceRe executive as its new head of ...
Standard & Poor’s: U.S. Insurers Responding Cautiously to Soaring Cyber Coverage Demand
Standard & Poor's predicts a major jump in demand for cyber insurance in the coming years, with interest initially outstripping supply. U.S. insurers will respond gradually, however, entering the ...
Third Point Re CEO Berger Warns New Reinsurers Will Be ‘Increasingly Difficult’ to Form
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., co-founded by hedge-fund manager Dan Loeb, said the company is positioned to withstand competition from other investment firms because the industry isn't as easy to ...
Swiss Re Begins Singapore-Based Big Data Risk Reduction Initiative
Swiss Re will collaborate with four schools within the National University of Singapore on risk-reduction projects involving big data, business analytics and information technologies. Plans call for ...