Claims & Reserving
State Auto Lost $24.6M in Q2; Catastrophe and Auto Losses to Blame
Higher catastrophe and auto losses helped drive State Auto Financial Corp.'s 2016 second quarter into the red. The Columbus, Ohio-based super regional insurer reported a second quarter 2016 net loss ...
China Floods Caused $33B in Economic Damage in July; Insurance Covered Little
Floods caused $33 billion in economic damage in China through July, but very little is covered by insurance, according the new catastrophe report from Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting. Barely 2 ...
Axa, Europe’s 2nd-Biggest Insurer, Sees Property Sales Boost Profit
Axa, Europe's second-biggest insurer, reported a weaker than expected 4 percent rise in its first-half net profit, hit by lower investment returns, higher claims and despite a boost from real estate ...
Hartford’s ‘Difficult Stretch’ Led to Large Q2 Profit Plunge
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. posted the third-biggest decline in the S&P 500 Index after second-quarter profit plunged on losses from auto insurance. The insurer dropped $4.08, or 9.3 ...
Sports-Related Brain Injury Insurance Claims Poised to Spike: S&P
Insurance claims could spike for sports-related brain injuries in the U.S. and U.K., thanks to increased awareness in both countries and a high-profile settlement involving National Football League ...
Swiss Re Q2 Profit Hampered by Higher Catastrophe Claims
Swiss Re AG, the world's biggest reinsurer, said profit fell in the second-quarter as the company paid more for catastrophe claims including earthquakes in Japan and forest fires in Canada. Net ...
The Latest Launches from Willis Towers Watson and Beazley
Willis Towers Watson updated its Radar pricing software. Beazley expanded its event cancellation coverage for political violence and incidents of terrorism. *** Willis Towers Watson released a new ...
Why Asian-Americans Could Be Ideal Insurance Customers
For an industry known to flood households nationwide with blaring messages of money saving techniques, the insurance category certainly feels comfortable loosening its own purse strings. Ponying up a ...