Chris O’Kane News
Underwriting Pain, Exits Begin; Insurers Rethinking Lloyd’s
News that Lloyd's is undergoing a strategic review of its operations may be part of a larger industrywide phenomenon—reality is setting in and underwriting pain is increasing, an industry executive ...
Catastrophe Losses Force Aspen to Cease Underwriting Property Insurance From Bermuda Platform
Aspen Insurance Holdings confirmed on Friday, Feb. 16, that it has ceased underwriting property insurance on its Bermuda platform, effective immediately, as a result of the company's 2017 catastrophe ...
Aspen CEO O’Kane: Insurance Division ‘The Source of Considerable Poor Performance’
Aspen Insurance Holdings lost nearly $185 million in the 2017 fourth quarter, or $3.25 per diluted share. The struggling Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer also saw its consolidated combined ratio ...
Aspen Insurance CEO Postlewhite Out, Cohen In; Q4 Underwriting Losses Disappoint
The head of Aspen Insurance has departed the company, a day after an announcement of disappointing preliminary Q4 financial results. CEO Stephen Postlewhite is departing immediately, Aspen said on ...
Aspen CEO Opinion: Blue Marble Launches in White Space
According to the World Bank, 12.7 percent of the population earns below $1.90 per day. This segment of the population is underserved and it has been estimated that insurance coverage could extend to ...
CEO Debate: Is a ‘Bottoming’ Reinsurance Market a Rational One?
"Bottoming" was a popular description of the reinsurance market at midyear industry conferences, but there is less consensus around questions of whether this "near bottom" signals rational behavior ...
S&P Conference Report: Brexit Burden Unwelcome, Industry CEOs Say
While insurers and reinsurers will be able to deal with the aftermath of an exit of the U.K. from the European Union, the time and cost involved are unwelcome intrusions to the business, executives ...
Aspen Designates New Insurance, Reinsurance CEOs as Vitale Discloses Retirement
Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. is naming new leaders for its insurance and reinsurance segments after one executive retired and the other got a promotion. The executive changes come as ...