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Reinsurers’ Catastrophe Defenses Weakened by Hedge Fund Rivals
It won't take another Hurricane Katrina for reinsurers to face losses from covering the cost of storms and earthquakes. Competitors such as hedge funds have eroded prices so much that a typical year ...
Executives On The Move at AIG, OneBeacon, JLT and Wells Fargo Insurance
AIG hired on a new chief communications officer. JLT Specialty USA's new Los Angeles-based executive will build a team focused on handling complex film and television production-risks. Wells Fargo ...
When MGAs manage a high volume of insurance submissions, underwriting speed often depends on what happens before an underwriter ever...
PCS Unveils Historical Catastrophe Database for Turkey
Property Claim Services has gone live with a new historical catastrophe database for Turkey, an advance that the data analytics provider said will be helpful for both insurers and reinsurers. "The ...
Reinsurers Successfully Protect Themselves With Strong Enterprise Risk Management: S&P
The reinsurance sector's focus on strong enterprise risk management (ERM) frameworks is helping them weather the many headwinds hitting both the asset and liability sides of their balance sheets, ...
UK Officials Reportedly Will Pull Brexit Start Trigger by April 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May's team is still leaning toward the first part of 2017 as the best moment to trigger the start of formal talks over the U.K.'s withdrawal from the European Union, according ...
Allianz, AXA Reportedly Bidding for StanChart Asia Insurance Rights
Allianz SE, Europe's biggest insurer, and France's Axa SA were among first-round bidders for the rights to distribute general insurance products through Standard Chartered Plc outlets in Asia, ...
Insured Losses Price Tag for Fort McMurray Wildfire Rises
The Fort McMurray Wildfires in Alberta in May are already Canada's costliest ever. A new estimate now places the insured-loss priced tag even higher than previously thought. Insured losses from ...
Natural Catastrophes Created $31B in Global Insured Losses Through H1: Swiss Re’s Sigma
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters during the first half of 2016 reached US$31 billion, or 44 percent of total economic losses of US$71 billion, according to a ...