Munich Re News
Hamilton Insurance Group Chooses Munich Re’s Albo as New CEO
Hamilton Insurance Group has chosen a Munich Re executive as its next chief executive officer. Pina Albo will become CEO of the Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer on Feb. 1, 2018, replacing Interim ...
The Latest Launches From Swiss Re, Root, Hudson Insurance and More
A commercial auto insurance startup has a new strategic partnership with Munich Re's Digital Partners. Swiss Re's Corporate Solutions business started selling a multi-coverage management liability ...
XL Catlin Leads Slice Lab’s $11.6M Series A; Expansion Eyed for Pay-Per-Use Insurance Platform
XL Catlin's investor arm is the lead backer of Slice Lab's new $11.6 million Series A financing, money the InsurTech startup will use to expand its on-demand pay-per-use insurance platform. Beyond XL ...
A Roundup of Major Insurer/Reinsurer Hurricane and Quake Losses Thus Far
Losses from Hurricane Maria and other recent 2017 natural catastrophes—including hurricanes Irma and Harvey, the Mexico City earthquakes, and other events—have led global insurers and reinsurers ...
Cyber Attacks Are Getting Ubiquitous and Expensive for U.S. Businesses: Hartford Steam Boiler
Cyber attacks have gotten so bad that just over half of U.S. businesses have reported one over the past year, and a large majority of those targeted spent substantial money to investigate and ...
Global Reinsurers Pummeled by Storms, Quakes
A profit warning from one of the world's largest reinsurers is the latest sign that the death and destruction from a spate of hurricanes and earthquakes in North America are now taking a toll on the ...
Munich Re Warns Harvey, Irma Storms Could Erase Q3 Profit, Challenge 2017 Target
Munich Re, the world's largest reinsurer, said storms led by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma will probably wipe out third-quarter profit and threaten the company's ability to meet its full-year earnings ...
Munich Re Embraces Driverless Tech With Mobileye Partnership for Commercial Fleets
Auto insurers, faced with rising accident rates and the emergence of autonomous vehicles that could make them obsolete by removing human error, have reason to love and hate driverless technology. ...