Reinsurance
ITC Reporter’s Notebook: How Next, Root and Swiss Re Are ‘Adapting’ and Innovating
Over the course of the last six years, Next Insurance has adapted its business model, its distribution method, and its product offerings. Coming up next, the InsurTech aims to offer "adaptive ...
U.S. Insurers Hear Demands to Use Social and Environmental Issues in Decision-Making
U.S. insurers are increasingly listening to demands from stakeholders that they use social and environmental factors in their decision-making, according to a new AM Best survey. The ratings entity ...
Effective compliance management in insurance relies on well-organized information and digital processes that accurately reflect producer relationships across multiple interconnected...
Swiss Re Reports Better-Than-Expected Net Profit Despite Claims Surge
Reinsurance company Swiss Re said on Friday it swung to a better-than-expected net profit in the first nine months as it recovers from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic despite big claims from ...
Lloyd’s of London Slimed by Climate Protestors Spilling 220 Gallons of Fake Oil Outside HQ
Climate protesters spilled a 1,000 liters (220 gallons) of fake oil outside Lloyd's of London Friday, part of a campaign to draw attention to the finance industry's financing of fossil fuels. The ...
Deal Revival: EXOR (Again) Agrees to Sell PartnerRe to Covea for $9B
The Agnelli family's EXOR NV agreed to sell its PartnerRe reinsurance unit to France's Covéa for $9 billion, reviving a transaction that collapsed at the onset of the pandemic last year. Talks broke ...
W.R. Berkley’s Financial Progress Draws Outlook Upgrade From Fitch Ratings
W.R. Berkley has an upgraded rating outlook from Fitch Ratings due to its continued financial upswing, moved to Positive from Stable. Additionally, the credit rating firm affirmed Financial Strength ...
Reinsurers Increasingly Use Third-Party Capital to Transfer Risks
Reinsurers are increasingly relying on third-party capital to support their retrocession needs, in which they transfer risks they have assumed to other counterparties. According to a report from ...
Undaunted by COVID-19, P/C Insurers and Startups Embraced Innovation Instead
As the CEO and co-founder of digital MGA Koffie Labs, Ian White was initially New York-based. Then the coronavirus pandemic struck, spurring a creative rethinking about what a corporate headquarters ...