Specialty
Hurricane Ida Will be Historically Costly – One for the Record Books
Hurricane Ida will likely become one of the costliest U.S. mainland hurricanes on record both on a nominal and inflation-adjusted basis, according to Aon's monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, ...
Average U.S. Commercial Insurance Price Hikes Continue to Trickle Downward: Willis Towers Watson
While aggregate U.S. commercial insurance price hikes continue to moderate, most lines are still producing robust price increases, according to Willis Towers Watson. Excess/umbrella produces ...
One of Best E&S Markets in 50 Years, Industry Veteran Says
The chair of W.R. Berkley Corporation has been observing conditions in the excess and surplus and specialty markets for more than five decades and said he views the current environment as just about ...
Volatile Cyber Market Struggles to Boost Reinsurance Capacity
The cyber insurance market could benefit greatly from more reinsurance cover but it has been a challenge to attract interest. Part of the reason is because the cyber market is a relatively new one ...
Digital Business Insurance MGA Vouch Pulls in $90M Investment; Partners With SiriusPoint
Vouch, a digital business insurance platform for startups, has closed on a $90 million round of financing, with plans to use the investment for new products and embedded insurance for its various ...
P/C Reinsurers Keep Underwriting Discipline, Even as Capacity Rises: Guy Carpenter
Property and casualty reinsurers have displayed underwriting discipline during this year's renewals, continuing with rate corrections that began several years ago, despite the pressures of abundant ...
Allianz Fund Managers Under U.S. DOJ Investigation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into German insurer Allianz is looking at possible misconduct by fund managers and misrepresentation of risk to investors, three people with ...
A 9/11 Remembrance From Former Carpenter Chairman Newhouse
In remembrance of the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, we are republishing an August 2018 article, which contains the recollections of Britt Newhouse, former chairman of ...