May 5, 2022
Swiss Re reported a group net loss of $248 million during the first quarter, as a result of headwinds such as the war in Ukraine, higher-than-expected natural catastrophes and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This loss compares with net income of …
May 2, 2022
Preliminary economic losses from natural hazards during the first quarter of 2022 totaled $32 billion, of which less than 50% (or $14 billion), was covered by public and private insurers, according to a report published by Aon. Although the first …
May 2, 2022
Lloyd’s of London syndicate Aspen Insurance has decided to cut ties with the existing Trans Mountain pipeline when its current insurance policy expires this summer, according to the climate activist group, Coal Action Network. Aspen joins 16 other insurers that …
April 29, 2022
AXIS Capital Holding’s chief executive officer would not comment on reports that the company is looking to sell its reinsurance unit. But a market commentary from Wells Fargo Securities said: “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” During a first quarter earnings …
April 22, 2022
Financially strong EU and UK reinsurers will finally see the end of collateral requirements for business they write in the United States — changes that have been more than 20 years in the making. Effective Oct. 1, 2022, reinsurers, which …
April 21, 2022
Lloyd’s of London syndicate Aspen Insurance has decided to cut ties with the existing Trans Mountain pipeline when its current insurance policy expires this summer, according to the climate activist group, Coal Action Network. Aspen joins 16 other insurers that …
April 18, 2022
Preliminary economic losses from natural hazards billion during the first quarter of 2022 totaled $32, of which less than 50% (or $14 billion), was covered by public and private insurers, according to a report published by Aon. Although the first …
April 18, 2022
Not only did natural catastrophes in 2021 break insurance claims records, but they also highlighted the growing cost of non-modeled characteristics of disasters, which are altering the industry’s understanding of these risks, according to a report published by RMS. “Secondary …
April 18, 2022
More than 50 severe flood events around the world caused combined economic losses of $82 billion in 2021, while insured losses stood at slightly more than $20 billion — more evidence of a large ongoing global insurance protection gap of …
April 8, 2022
Dan Malloy has left SiriusPoint Ltd., a year after the company was formed from the merger of specialty reinsurer Third Point Reinsurance and Sirius International Insurance Group, a multi-line insurer and reinsurer. On April 6, 2022, SiriusPoint Ltd. entered into …