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Moderating Premium Rates, Falling Yields: European Insurers Resilient
European insurers are approaching the new year from a position of strength, having benefited from supportive interest rates and pricing cycles over the past two years. However, 2025 is expected to ...
Catastrophe-Bond Issuance Pushes Overall Market to Almost $50 Billion
Catastrophe bond issuance rose to a record this year, increasing the overall market to almost $50 billion, as insurers transferred more risk from costly climate disasters to private investors. Sales ...
Though U.S. Jobless Claims Slip, Numbers Point to Worker Scarcity
The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits dipped to the lowest in a month last week, consistent with a cooling but still-healthy U.S. labor market that is likely to keep ...
National Flood Insurance Program Authorized to Continue Through Mid-March
The National Flood Insurance Program has been renewed for another three months. On Dec. 21, 2024, the day after it was set to expire, the president signed legislation passed by Congress that extends ...
Wildfire Smoke’s Health Risks Linger Long After Homes Escape Burning
Three years ago, on Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through two communities just outside Boulder, Colorado. In the span of about eight hours, more than 1,000 homes and businesses burned. ...
RiverStone International to Provide Loss Portfolio Transfer for Zurich Insurance
RiverStone International, the London-based provider of legacy solutions, announced it has signed an agreement with the French branch of Zurich Insurance Europe and Zurich Insurance Co. to provide a ...
Dear Elon and Vivek: Insurance Commissioners Urge DOGE to Ditch FIO
Insurance commissioners from nine states are looking to the new Department of Government Efficiency to do away with the Federal Insurance Office. In a letter, addressed to DOGE heads Elon Musk and ...
Weak La Nina Expected in the Central Region of the U.S. This Winter: NWS
A newly released climate outlook for January through March 2025 suggests a weak La Nina will lead to above-normal precipitation and above to near-normal temperatures in the central region of the U.S. ...