Underwriting & Pricing
Swiss Re Sees Emerging Market Infrastructure Construction Boosting Premiums
Swiss Re Ltd., the world's second- biggest reinsurer, estimates $43 trillion in infrastructure investments related to urbanization in emerging markets through 2030 may translate into $68 billion in ...
Nationwide’s Crestbrook Targets Affluent Market
Well-to-do Illinois residents and their insurance agents now have an additional option when it comes to protecting their assets. Crestbrook Insurance has selected Illinois for the launch of what is ...
Reinsurers Target Regional Carriers as Alternative Capital Lures National Accounts
Regional and super-regional carriers may start getting more attention from reinsurers in advance of Jan. 1, 2014 renewals, a broker representative predicted recently. During the PCI Annual Meeting in ...
Insurance, Tax, Climate Groups Hit Proposed Delay in Flood Insurance Increases
The prospect of a delay in flood insurance reforms that are raising premiums for many homeowners is being met with pushback from business, taxpayer, climate and insurance groups. Rep. Maxine Waters, ...
Could 2013 Be ‘Tipping Point’ in Cyber Risk Awareness?
Historians may look at the year 2013 as a "cyber tipping-point" -- the point at which businesses and governments finally realized the severity of the threats they were facing, according to Advisen, a ...
SEC’s Aguilar Wants Stock Exchange Execs Liable for Failures
A proposal that would require stock exchanges to be better equipped to handle market disruptions does not go far enough to hold senior officials accountable for failures, Securities and Exchange ...
China to Remain Centerpiece of Asia Expansion for Munich Re
Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, said China will remain its biggest growth market in Asia as it considers countries such as India too unpredictable to step up investment. "Our biggest ...
Flood Insurance Jumping Sevenfold Depresses U.S. Home Values
Rangel Dockery and her husband bought a waterfront house in Florida four months ago, assuming their $2,000-a-year flood insurance premium would remain about the same. After reading recently about a ...