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Lower Cat Losses, Higher Premiums, Helped Make Travelers’ Q3 Results Soar
Property and casualty insurer Travelers Corp on Thursday reported a third-quarter profit that more than doubled, driven by lower catastrophe losses and an increase in premiums and investment income. ...
Damage From Hurricane Michael Could Reach $4.5B in Florida Alone: Standard & Poor’s
Hurricane Michael is expected to inflict up to $4.5 billion in insured losses on coastal and inland Florida, according to a report from Standard & Poor's. But while the hurricane will be costly ...
Q3 2018 Cat Losses Likely to Hit Above the Norm: Morgan Stanley
The 2018 third quarter was relatively benign compared to the record catastrophe losses incurred by carriers last year. But hurricanes, wildfires, typhoons and more could still leave industry losses ...
UK Insurer Shares Tank After Hostile Weather and RSA Profit Warning
Just like a lot of British houses this summer, U.K. insurance stocks are sinking. The country's nonlife insurers sector had its steepest drop in more than a year-and-a-half on Friday after its ...
Few Small Businesses in Puerto Rico Had Full Insurance Before Hurricane Maria
Only a tiny fraction of small businesses in Puerto Rico was fully insured for losses arising from last year's Hurricane Maria, which hit revenue or raised costs for more than three-quarters of them, ...
Hurricane Florence’s Flood Focus Lowers Insured Loss Estimates
Once Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carlina on Sept. 14, its lower wind speed and sluggish pace made it much more of a flood event than a wind one. As a result, modelers and other experts ...
Typhoon Mangkhut Wreaks Havoc in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Mainland China
The cleanup from Typhoon Mangkhut began in Hong Kong and southern China on Monday after the storm left at least four dead in Guangdong province, damaged buildings and disrupted flights throughout the ...
As Hurricane Florence Approaches, Cat Bond Traders Are Trying to Understand Storm’s Risk
Catastrophe-bond investors are trying to assess the potential fallout from Hurricane Florence and whether they're in store for painful losses. If the storm's path of destruction -- which is aimed at ...