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Travelers Cautions Q2 Pretax Cat Losses Will Hit $854M
The Travelers Companies Inc. has become the latest P/C carrier to report sizable catastrophe losses for the 2020 second quarter. Estimated pretax catastrophe losses for Q2 reached $854 million, or ...
Earliest ‘F’ Named Storm Drops $400M In Insurance Losses: Estimate
Last week, Tropical Storm Fay became the earliest "F" named storm in the historical record, Karen Clark & Company reported yesterday, estimating that the storm will mean roughly $400 million in ...
Executives On The Move at AGCS and AXIS
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE appointed a number of new North America executive and simplified its organizational structure as part of its ongoing "New AGCS" transformation program. ...
Buckle Plans to Run Its Carrier as a ‘Digital Front’
Recently, Buckle made an acquisition that helps it expand in interesting ways. Buckle, a digital seller of rideshare insurance, bought Gateway Insurance Company from carrier Atlas Financial Holding ...
Insurer Capital Strength Could Suffer With COVID-19 Second Wave: S&P
Insurers largely withstood the first wave of COVID-19 thanks to their capital strength. They may not be so lucky when a second wave comes, S&P Global Ratings said in a new report. "A second wave ...
U.S. Focuses on Ship Insurers, Maritime Industry to Strengthen Venezuela Sanctions
Several companies that certify vessels are seaworthy and ship insurers have withdrawn services to tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States targets the maritime industry to ...
Global Insurance Premiums Will Rebound in 2021 After Pandemic-Related Dip: Swiss Re Sigma
Though the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to lead to the deepest recession since the 1930s, global insurance premium volume will rebound to pre-crisis levels by the end of 2021, forecasts Swiss Re in ...
W.R. Berkley Corp. Booked $85M in Q2 Pretax COVID-19-Related Catastrophe Losses
W.R. Berkley Corp. cautioned that its 2020 second quarter pretax catastrophe losses will reach $145 million, with more than half of that coming from COVID-19 related costs. Out of that total, $85 ...