Reinsurance
Governments Will Gain Free Access to RMS Cat Modeling Technology
RMS said it will give governments free access to its new catastrophe modeling software program through a new initiative with The World Bank and United Nations. A particular goal here is to increase ...
CoreLogic Announces New EQECAT Platform, Japan EQ, Two Other Models
CoreLogic, a provider of property information, analytics and data-enabled services, released a new version of its EQECAT natural catastrophe modeling platform on Wednesday. The new platform contains ...
Cat Bond Prices May Have Reached the Bottom: Fitch
Catastrophe bond prices have been falling in 2014, but they may not sink any lower, Fitch Ratings suggested in a statement Tuesday, pointing to Munich Reinsurance Group's decision to pull its Queen ...
GC Securities Places First World Bank Cat Bond
In what appears to be a milestone for the cat bond sector, GC Securities said it has placed the first catastrophe bond issued by the World Bank. GC Securities (part of Guy Carpenter, itself a ...
Nomura Warns Inflation Risks Could Tar Long-term Insurance Earnings
Property/casualty insurers' 2014 second-quarter earnings will generally serve as a model of stability, though inflation and other factors may adversely affect long-term trends, Nomura Equity Research ...
Midyear Re Prices Down Up to 25 Percent
Reinsurance prices fell by as much as 25 percent in key markets midyear as pension funds poured in money and demand for cover from insurance companies remained subdued, brokers said on Tuesday. ...
Tropical Storm Arthur Watch: Small Turns Could Mean Big Impact
As Tropical Storm Arthur develops off Florida's coast, AIR Worldwide isn't predicting an major insurance damage. But small moves can mean big changes, the Boston-based catastrophe modeling firm said ...
Endurance M&A Bid Pushes On as Aspen Ups the Opposition
The hostile-takeover battle between Bermuda reinsurance rivals Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. and Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. continued unabated this week with no end in sight. Endurance ...