Earnings Reports: ACE Limited
Q4 2011 Q4 2010 Gross premiums written $4.864bn $4.865 bn Full year – 2011 2010 $20.831 bn $19.511 bn Net premiums earned —- $3.831 bn $3.572 bn Full year – 2011 2010 $15.387 bn $13.504 bn Net income ——————– $750 …
Insurance Society to Team with UNEP for Sustainable Insurance
The International Insurance Society’s (IIS) annual conclave in June in Rio de Janeiro will see the launch of an initiative in partnership with the United Nations Environment Program Financial Initiative (UNEP FI) of the “Principles for Sustainable Insurance.” The IIS …
WillisWire Bloggers Reveal Their Top Emerging Risks for 2012
A bulletin from Willis Group Holdings identifies 18 “emerging risks,” as causing increasing concern among the world’s insurance community. Willis compiled the list from its new website of intellectual capital, WillisWire. While “headline-grabbing events” – the euro zone crisis, the …
S&P Follows up on Euro Zone Rating Actions
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has followed up on the rating actions it announced in December concerning a number of Europe’s largest insurers. S&P has lowered its ratings on the following insurers (and certain related operating subsidiaries and certain holding …
Swiss Re Report Examines Insurance Role in Earthquake Disasters
Swiss Re’s new report – “Lessons from recent major earthquakes,” focuses on the most recent series of devastating quakes, which have caused extensive loss of life and injuries, along with widespread property damage, over the past two years. The report …
UK Panel Seeks to Reign in Whiplash Claims; ABI, RSA Comment
A report from the UK Government’s Transport Select Committee targets the voraciously expanding number of claims for “whiplash,” i.e. soft tissue injuries, as badly in need of reforms. These types of injuries now account for around 70 percent of all …
World Economic Forum Warns Economic, Social Turmoil Risk Globalization Gains
The latest report from the World Economic Forum highlights the “world’s vulnerability to further economic shocks and social upheavals.” Together they “risk undermining the progress that globalization has brought,” the report warns. The seventh edition of the Global Risks 2012 …
Aon Benfield 2011 Catastrophe Study: $107 Bn Insured Losses; $435 Bn Economic
Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp, has issued its “Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report,” which aggregates and analyses the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during 2011, which concludes that the impact of …
French Broker Gras Savoye Receives License to Operate in Georgia
France’s Gras Savoye, which is closely associated with Willis, announced that it has received a license to commence brokerage operations in Georgia (the country – not the state), as part of its initiative to expand its business from Turkey into …
IAG Updates Claims Estimates for Victoria Storms, NZ Quakes
The Insurance Australia Group has advised that its Australia Direct and CGU businesses have, “received approximately 20,000 claims following the hailstorms and related severe weather which occurred in Victoria around Christmas Day. The majority of claims relate to vehicle damage …
