Aon Benfield News
Monte Carlo 2015: Reinsurance Adapts to New Realities
The annual Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo, Monaco traditionally focuses on one or two signatory concerns within the industry. This year, things were different. The 2,700 registered attendees ...
Where Can P/C Insurers Grow?
Property/casualty insurers on a mission to achieve strong growth over the next few years need to look beyond developed economies, a reinsurance broker advises in a new report. In the 10th edition of ...
Corporate ‘Giga’ Losses: An Avenue for P/C Premium Growth and Relevance
Opportunities for premium growth and for greater relevance are waiting to be tapped by insurers willing and able to cover corporate "giga losses" and take shares of U.S. mortgage credit risks, ...
New Product Alert: XL Catlin, Aon Benfield, AIR Worldwide and More
XL Catlin recently unveiled new commercial crime insurance for the U.S. market. The policy is available on a primary, excess and quota share basis with policy limits up to $25 million. It includes ...
Drought’s Economic Damage Went Global in August: Aon Benfield
Severe drought in the western U.S. caused economic losses in August of at least $3 billion, mostly from agricultural damage in California, Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting said in a new report. ...
First Half Saw $15B in Insured Cat Losses—a Sharp Decrease From 2014: Impact Forecasting
The first six months of 2015 mark the quietest first half for global natural disaster losses since 2006, according to a new report from Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting. The report, "Global ...
Q2 Cat Bond Issuance Robust, But Below Record 2014 Levels: Aon Benfield
Catastrophe bond issuance came in at a healthy clip during the 2015 second quarter, but the half-year total dipped considerably from the same, record-breaking period in 2014, Aon Benfield found in ...
China Monsoon Economic Loss Near $4B: Aon Benfield
Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield's catastrophe model development team, reported June figures for catastrophe losses on opposite sides of the global, with China monsoon losses coming in highest at ...