Claims & Reserving
Chubb CEO Greenberg: Q3 Catastrophe Hits ‘Within Our Tolerance for Risk’
Chubb, like many insurers and reinsurers, took significant catastrophe loss-hits from the hurricanes and earthquakes that struck in August and September. But the insurer kept overall net losses to ...
The Hartford, Slammed by Hurricane Losses, Still Makes a Q3 Profit
Hurricanes slashed The Hartford's 2017 third quarter net income nearly in half compared to the same period a year ago. The property/casualty insurer's commercial lines and personal lines combined ...
Q3 Catastrophe Losses Will Lead to Rate Hikes by London Market Insurers: Fitch
Catastrophe losses from the recent U.S. hurricanes and Mexican earthquakes will lead to price rises on London market insurers' loss-affected lines and could also affect wider market pricing trends, ...
What Harvey and Irma Say About the Accuracy of Catastrophe Models
Four hours after Hurricane Andrew made landfall near Homestead, Fla. in 1992, catastrophe modeler AIR issued a statement that the insured losses could exceed $13 billion in Florida. Actual losses ...
Aon Partners With InsurTech CLARA to Deliver AI Claims Tools for Workers Comp Insurers
Aon Benfield has teamed with CLARA analytics to deliver artificial intelligence tools to workers compensation insurers in the U.S. to help employees return to work as quickly as possible while ...
Napa, Santa Rosa Fires Place 172,000-Plus Homes at Risk: CoreLogic
More than 172,000 homes with a combined reconstruction cost value of more than $65 billion face some level of risk from the metropolitan Napa and Santa Rosa fires in California, according to a new ...
Expect an Historic Q3 in Terms of Natural Disaster Costs: Impact Forecasting
As bad as September was in terms of natural disasters and the resulting costs, the 2017 third quarter as a whole could be positively historic as a result. A new report from Aon Benfield's Impact ...
Travelers Celebrates a Decade of Offering Wedding Insurance
The Travelers Companies marked the 10th anniversary of offering wedding insurance with an analysis of claims trends over the last decade, finding that vendor problems were the No. 1 cause of ...