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Florida, Louisiana Stand Out as Super-High ‘Covicane’: PCS
A major hurricane that makes landfall in the southeastern United States will may also serve as a COVID-19 super-spreader that will slow recovery and increase costs, catastrophe modeler Property ...
Natural Catastrophe Losses Reached $40B in H1 2021, Hovering Near Record: Swiss Re
Estimated insured losses from natural catastrophes reached $40 billion during the first half of 2021 — driven by a deep winter freeze, hailstorms and wildfires — while man-made disasters ...
Insurance Broker Gallagher Seals Deal to Acquire Willis Re
Insurance broker Arthur J Gallagher & Co said on Friday it had agreed to buy the treaty reinsurance brokerage business of Willis Towers Watson for an initial consideration of $3.25 billion. The ...
Executives On The Move at AXA XL and Willis Towers Watson
AXA XL appointed an executive to handle Political Risk and other business lines. Willis Towers Watson named a new Head of Broking for North America. *** AXA XL has appointed Dane Mahoney as Global ...
Argo Group Makes Four Executive Appointments as Part of Streamlining Effort
Specialty insurer Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. has made a number of new executive appointments designed to help streamline its organizational structure. "These organizational changes will ...
Record Disaster Claims Slam German, Chinese Insurers as Extreme Weather Intensifies
Extreme precipitation in mid-July resulted in the costliest flooding events on record for German and Chinese insurers, which face potential losses of $6.5 billion and $1.7 billion, respectively, ...
Aviva Will Return $5.5B to Investors; Activist Shareholder Wants More
British insurer Aviva pledged on Thursday to return at least 4 billion pounds ($5.5 billion) to shareholders, sending its shares surging, but activist investor Cevian Capital demanded more. Cevian, ...
There’s Some Progress in the Global Battle to Reduce Cyber Risks: Aon
Despite the worsening cybersecurity climate, there's been some global progress in developing strategies to reduce risk, a new Aon report asserts. "We are seeing a new level of collaboration between ...