reinsurance News
‘Droves’ of Global Re Market Entrants Unlikely; Outlook Stable: AM Best
Will 2023 reinsurance renewals mark a turning point to a "true hard market" that attracts "new capital in droves" and expands supply? Analysts from AM Best raised the question in a new Best's Market ...
Unsyncopated Clocks: ‘Fire and Flood’ Book Highlights Insurers’ Climate-Change Late Show
Scientists have been sounding the climate-change alarm for decades. But despite these dire warnings, a large swath of the public still refuses to believe, and both policymakers and businesses have ...
AI Insurance Takes a Step Toward Becoming a Market
Back when Munich Re launched the industry's first insurance coverage for artificial intelligence (AI) at the end of 2018, the policy, aiSure, found few takers. In ...
Persistent ‘Underperformance’ at SCOR Prompts S&P Downgrade to A+
S&P Global Ratings announced that the rating agency is lowering the AA- financial strength and long-term issuer credit ratings for global reinsurer SCOR SE and its operating subsidiaries, ...
FEMA Projects $3.5-$5.3B NFIP Losses for Hurricane Ian
On Friday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced an initial estimate of Hurricane Ian losses for the National Flood Insurance Program, putting them in the range of $3.5-$5.3 billion, ...
Berkley Cooling On Professional Lines, Firing Up Property Cat Re Engines
Property cat reinsurance: "More." Professional liability insurance: Not so much. The president and chief executive officer of W.R. Berkley Corp., Robert Berkley, Jr., shared his company's appetite ...
Munich Re Estimates $1.6B Hit From Hurricane Ian Could Affect 2022 Targets
Munich Re said it will probably take a hit of about 1.6 billion euros ($1.6 billion) after hurricane Ian led to massive damages in Florida, and warned reaching its full-year profit goal has become ...
Munich Re’s Jeworrek Stepping Down; Blunck Is Successor
The Supervisory Board of Munich Re has appointed Dr. Thomas Blunck (age 57) as the chair of the Reinsurance Committee of the group's Board of Management with effect from Jan. 1, 2023. He will succeed ...