Specialty
Opinion: Calling Out Cyber Attackers Could Give Insurers Reason to Deny Claims
The $100 million lawsuit that Mondelez, the maker of Oreos and Cadbury chocolate, has brought against Zurich Insurance Group shows that governments should be more careful about identifying the ...
Global Reinsurance Capital Remains Resilient Despite Huge Cat Losses: Aon
Global reinsurance capital – comprising traditional and alternative capital – fell 2 percent in 2018 to $595 billion from $605 billion in 2017, remaining resilient in the face of insured natural ...
The Latest Launches From Swiss Re and AXA XL
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions said it is debuting parametric water-level insurance. AXA XL Risk Consulting disclosed it is using artificial intelligence (AI) to boost its property risk engineering ...
Most Commercial Lines Saw Q4 Rate Hikes; Workers Comp, Not So Much
Most commercial insurance lines experienced rate increases for the 2018 fourth quarter, with workers compensation continuing to serve as a notable exception, according to the latest IVANS index ...
An El Niño Seems Likely to Emerge This Spring
There is a 65 percent chance of an El Niño weather pattern emerging during the northern hemisphere spring this year, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. "However, given the timing ...
EU Seeks to Give Insurance, Other Finance Regulators More Post-Brexit Powers
The European Union moved a step closer on Thursday to beefing up its regulators to increase safeguards for consumers and create an EU capital market that reduces the bloc's reliance on Britain's ...
AmTrust, Newly Private, Discloses Leadership Changes and a Strategic Plan
AmTrust Financial Services Inc., beginning 2019 as a private company, disclosed some leadership changes and a broad strategic plan. The specialty commercial property/casualty insurer completed its ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS, AXA XL and W.R. Berkley’s Acadia Insurance
AXIS Capital Holdings brought in a former Allstate executive as its new chief analytics officer. AXA XL hired on a new executive for its Excess Casualty Insurance team. W.R. Berkley Corp.'s Acadia ...