Risk & Capital Management
WEF Bringing Insurers, Tech Firms Together to Tackle Risks From Drones, Driverless Cars
The World Economic Forum is bringing insurers, tech firms and governments together to find ways to tackle risks from new technology such as drones and driverless cars, it said on Thursday. Tech firms ...
Hurricane Maria Insured Loss Estimates Vary Widely in Focus
Catastrophe modeling firms are beginning to issue preliminary estimates of the insured losses left in Hurricane Maria's wake. RMS Said Insured Losses Could Have Been Worse RMS predicted that the ...
FSOC Leaves SIFI Labels Unchanged
A panel of U.S. regulators decided after meeting on Friday to stick with its existing policy for stricter rules on a handful of large financial institutions it deems "systemically important." The ...
Harvey ‘A Different Storm’ Allstate CEO Says; No Worries About Re Exhaustion
Structural damage from Hurricane Harvey appears lighter than other storms, the chief executive officer of Allstate reported at an investor conference this week, comparing his birds-eye view from a ...
After Months of Development, B3i’s Blockchain Prototype Is Ready for Testing
The industry's Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative (B3i) has developed a reinsurance blockchain prototype for a property excess of loss contract—and could be on the cusp of an industry ...
Irma Analysis: Insurer Financial Stress Unlikely If Early Loss Estimates Hold
Before Hurricane Irma made landfall in south Florida on Sunday morning, analysts were assessing the potential damage to property/casualty insurer and reinsurance balance sheets and earnings. On ...
AIG Saved Money, But Saw Q2 Commercial Insurance Losses Climb
American International Group reported a difficult 2017 second quarter, with net income plunging over the previous year, and a commercial insurance combined ratio that came close to 103. The ...
M&A, Despite Market Risks, Will Continue at Slower Pace: S&P Prediction
Property/casualty insurers and reinsurers continue in 2017 to seek scale in a tough market through mergers and acquisitions. The pace has slowed considerably, however, and Standard & Poor's sees ...