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Arch Warns Q4 Pretax Cat Losses Could Reach $130 Million
Arch Capital Group Ltd. is warning that it faces between $110 million to $130 million in pretax catastrophe losses for the 2018 fourth quarter. The Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer blamed 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 ...
Iran Suspected Culprit Behind Hack Attacks on Govt., Communications Infrastructure
Cyber attackers in Iran could be behind a wave of hacks on government and communications infrastructure that will require a coordinated global response to repel, according to cybersecurity firm ...
Two InsurTechs Chosen to Represent North America in Zurich Innovation World Championship
Zurich North America chose two InsurTech companies to represent North America in its first-ever Zurich Innovation World Championship. Chisel, based in Toronto, is an AI-based provider of products and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fiat Chrysler Reportedly Settling Massive Diesel Emissions Civil Suit
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will pay hundreds of millions of dollars to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Justice Department, which alleged some of its diesel-powered vehicles violated clean-air ...
The Latest Launches From CFC and Legal & General
CFC debuted updated cyber insurance coverage that addresses some emerging risk areas. Legal & General plans to bring robotic intelligence into its customer service. *** U.K.-based specialist ...