September 9, 2024
Specialty reinsurer BMS Re announced the appointment of Anthony Mirabal as CEO of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Division, effective November 2024. Mirabal has more than 30 years of experience in reinsurance, first as a casualty underwriter with Gen …
September 9, 2024
The reinsurance market has reached an equilibrium, with increased capital supply from accumulated earnings meeting higher demand for reinsurance protection from cedents. As such, margins will peak in 2024, although reinsurers should continue to produce a favorable return on equity …
September 9, 2024
Coalition today announced the creation of its reinsurance intermediary, Coalition Re, to provide capacity for cyber reinsurance treaties and expand on its mission to protect more unprotected businesses. Coalition Re provides capacity for non-proportional cyber reinsurance treaties, as well as …
September 9, 2024
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An abandoned, 22-story building in Lake Charles, Louisiana — once an icon in the city that became a symbol of destruction from hurricanes Laura and Delta — was imploded Saturday after sitting vacant for nearly …
September 9, 2024
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — A single-engine plane traveling from Iowa to Indiana crashed in a central Indiana cornfield Friday, killing everyone on board, authorities said. The plane left Fort Dodge, Iowa, just after 6:45 a.m. and was projected to land …
September 9, 2024
Wisconsin health officials initiated a recall of eggs following an outbreak of salmonella infections among 65 people in nine states that originated on a Wisconsin farm. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said in a statement Friday that among those …
September 9, 2024
A new report from Marsh McLennan and Zurich titled “Closing the cyber risk protection gap” is calling for a closer collaboration between the insurance industry and the public sector as cyber insurance coverage gaps remain. “Both the insurance industry and …
September 9, 2024
Britain’s antitrust regulator said on Friday it had provisionally found Alphabet’s Google had abused its dominant position in digital advertising to restrict competition. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it believed Google was using anti-competitive practices in open display …
September 9, 2024
Highlighting the existence of blanket exclusions in reinsurance contracts for risks originating in the region impacted by the ongoing Russia Ukraine conflict, Aon and Marsh McLennan are jointly calling for their removal. In a joint statement issued on Sunday, the …
September 9, 2024
The first half of 2024 set a 15-year low for first-half insurance carrier mergers and acquisitions, according to Clyde & Co’s latest Mid-Year Growth Report. The number of insurance carrier M&A transactions completed in the first six months of this …