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Insured Losses from California Wildfires Now at $3.3 Billion

Oct 31 2017 // The largest California insurers have so far reported more than $3.3 billion in insured losses from the October wildfire siege, now considered the most destructive fires in state history. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones...

New York’s Lawley Hires Overhoff as Loss Control Manager

Oct 30 2017 // Lawley, a Buffalo, N.Y.-based, independent insurance broker, has hired loss control veteran Bob Overhoff Jr. as loss control manager. Previously the director of corporate safety at LPCiminelli, Overhoff Jr. will work out...

Aon Reports 6% Increase in Q3 Revenues to $2.2B

Oct 30 2017 // Aon reported third quarter revenue of $2.3 billion, an increase of 6 percent from the $2.2 billion reported for the same period last year. This increase was driven primarily by a 3 percent increase related to acquisitions,...

Insured Loss Estimates from California Wildfires Now up to $8 Billion

Oct 27 2017 // Insured losses from the siege of California wildfires could possibly reach $8 billion, according to new estimates released on Friday by catastrophe modeler RMS. The firm now estimates the insured loss for the wildfires...

Chubb Reports Q3 Loss Due to Catastrophes; CEO Greenberg Sees Prices Firming

Oct 27 2017 // Chubb, like other property/casualty insurers and reinsurers, faced significant catastrophe losses from hurricanes and earthquakes that struck in August and September. The insurer reported a net loss of $70 million for the...

Loss Estimate for October 2016 Italian Quakes Rises to US$244.4M: PERILS

Oct 27 2017 // The property insurance market’s losses from the series of earthquakes to hit Central Italy between Oct. 26 and Oct. 30, 2016 has risen to €208 million (US$244.4 million), according to PERILS, the independent...

Marsh & McLennan Total Revenues Up 7% in Q3

Oct 26 2017 // Global insurance and risk services firm Marsh & McLennan Companies reported financial results for the third quarter that include $3.3 billion in consolidated revenue, an increase of seven percent over third quarter...

Munich Re Expects Q3 Loss After Hurricane Claims of $3.2B

Oct 26 2017 // Munich Re expects claims of €2.7 billion ($3.2 billion) from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, which will lead to a third quarter loss of €1.4 billion. The group said it expects a small profit for the full year, as...

Doesn’t Special Form Mean Everything has Special Coverage?

Oct 25 2017 // Over the last several weeks, I’ve been looking at several policy forms because of different writing and teaching assignments. I’ve been looking especially at property forms. One way that property insurance has...

XL Group Q3 Reports Losses in Excess of $1B on Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria

Oct 25 2017 // XL Group reported losses exceeding $1 billion for the 2017 third quarter, blaming Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria for the results. The net loss of $1.04 billion for Q3 amounted to negative-$4.06 per fully diluted share,...

California’s Wine Industry Taking Stock of Losses After Wildfires

Oct 23 2017 // Although still burning, the largest fires that have devastated California wine country are mostly contained, and winemakers, winery owners, and growers began taking stock this week of what they have—and...

CoreLogic: Hurricane Nate Property Damage Could Top $1B

Oct 23 2017 // Hurricane Nate preliminary loss estimates are estimated to be between $650 million and $1.35 billion, according to CoreLogic. The loss estimates were calculated based on data analysis, total insured and uninsured loss for...

Swiss Re Adds Management Liability Coverage for Non-Profits, Private Companies

Oct 20 2017 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has expanded its Executive Risk product offering with the launch of SwissGuard, a multi-coverage, management liability policy designed for non-profit and private companies. SwissGuard insures...

Early Data Shows Insured Losses from California Wildfires Already at $1B and Growing

Oct 19 2017 // Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today released preliminary data provided by eight California insurers processing claims for tens of thousands of policyholders that shows $1.045 billion in losses to commercial and...

Travelers Insurance Reports Solid Q3 Results Despite $700M Cat Losses

Oct 19 2017 // The Travelers Companies today reported $293 million in net income for the third quarter despite absorbing more than $700 million in catastrophe claims. The $293 million in net income was a 59 percent decline from the $716...

Zurich Estimates Claims of US$700M from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma & Maria

Oct 19 2017 // Zurich Insurance Group estimates that Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria will aggregate claims in the third quarter of approximately US$700 million, net of reinsurance and before tax. After tax, the losses are expected to...

Arkansas Gov. Opposed to Tapping General Revenue for Road Improvements

Oct 18 2017 // Arkansas’ governor says he’ll “vigorously oppose” any highway funding ballot initiative that calls for tapping into general revenue for road needs. Gov. Asa Hutchinson told reporters he opposes any...

Does a CPP Cover Trees Knocked Over by a Hurricane?

Oct 18 2017 // Last week we entered into a discussion of downed trees, in particular, trees downed by a hurricane. We spent our time dealing with the HO-3 policy and how it responds. If you didn’t catch that, take a look at last...

Argo and Aspen Issue Loss Estimates for Q3 Natural Catastrophes

Oct 18 2017 // Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. and Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. have issued their third quarter catastrophe loss estimates, primarily related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria as well as the earthquakes in...

Georgia Estimates $550M in Insured Losses from Hurricane Irma

Oct 18 2017 // Georgia’s estimated insured losses from Hurricane Irma have climbed to more than $550 million, with insurers reporting approximately 103,163 claims filed so far, according to Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph...