Risk & Capital Management
FSB, FSOC Systemic Insurer Lists Need Alignment, Say U.S. Regulators
Insurers should not be forced to hold extra capital just because of their size, because the extra cost would simply be passed on to consumers, U.S. regulators said on Tuesday. G20 world leaders have ...
Capital Markets Poised To Grow Even Bigger In Cat Re Space
The participation of the capital markets in the property-catastrophe reinsurance industry is poised to explode beyond one-third of the total limits in the market, an industry executive said recently. ...
Is P/C Industry Overcapitalized? Maybe Not, Carrier CEO Says
The chairman and CEO of a specialty property/casualty insurance carrier called into question the notion that the industry is overcapitalized on last week, pointing to the changing nature of volatile ...
Central European Flooding Is Credit Negative For P/C Insurers
Heavy rains in Central Europe that caused recent river flooding should produce total property insurance losses lower than an earlier severe flood event in 2002, but this is still credit negative for ...Tokio Solution Management, GC Securities Create Private Cat Bond Platform For Smaller Capacity Buyers
Tokio Solution Management Ltd. and GC Securities, a division of MMC Securities Corp., have created a private catastrophe bond platform to meet the needs of an underserved segment of reinsurance ...
Top Five States Ranked By Insurable Coastal Value: AIR Worldwide
More than $10 trillion is at risk for residential and commerical properties located in the more than 100 coastal counties of 18 states along the Eastern and Gulf coasts, according to a recent report ...
Pension Funds Investing in Cat Bonds Overlook Risk: Gen Re’s Montross
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s Franklin "Tad" Montross said pension funds that increased bets on catastrophe bonds to improve investment returns may flee the market after a major natural disaster. ...
Trillions Of Dollars At Risk In Coastal States: AIR Worldwide, CoreLogic
In separate reports released earlier this week, AIR Worldwide and CoreLogic estimated insured property values in coastal areas of the United States reaching into the trillions of dollars. CoreLogic, ...