Global disasters led to at least $7 billion in claims during May as insurers aid the recovery process following wildfires, floods, and storms, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team. An historic wildfire caused catastrophic damage in …
Aon Benfield has appointed Martin Soto Quintus as chief executive officer of Aon Benfield Chile. Reporting to Alejandro Galizia, CEO of Aon Benfield Latin America, Soto Quintus is responsible for the development and implementation of the firm’s growth strategy in …
Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, has launched a new version of its catastrophe model to enhance understanding of the financial impact of floods in Poland. Aon Benfield is the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon …
PERILS, the Zurich-based independent organization providing industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, announced it has joined the Singapore-based Natural Catastrophe Data and Analytics Exchange (NatCatDAX) Alliance, which has been set up to help increase data availability for natural catastrophe insurance in Asia. …
Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital adviser of Aon plc, has launched ReMetrica Version 7.0 – its next generation platform for risk and capital modeling. Following Solvency II and equivalent regulation, insurers are demanding more value from their …
Insurers face a $2.0 billion bill following seven severe storm events across multiple states in March, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team. Overall economic losses sustained to property, infrastructure and agriculture across the U.S. from these …
Alternative capital continues to make its presence felt in the reinsurance market, increasing by 12 percent during 2015 to $72 billion, while traditional capital decreased by 4 percent to $493 billion, according to a report published by Aon Benfield. Capital …
Aon Benfield, the reinsurance intermediary and capital adviser of Aon plc, will launch on April 11 a global reinsurer trading platform called ABConnect Placements. Available for use with the July 1 renewals, ABConnect Placements will provide a more integrated, streamlined …
Weak business conditions in the reinsurance industry are being masked by a low level of catastrophes and a high level of reserve releases, said Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and Fitch Ratings in new reports. “Stripping out these two factors, …
Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, launched an insurance product for the charter aircraft industry addressing the financial losses associated with the cancellation of flights. Structured in partnership with Mountfitchet Risk Solutions, the Aircraft …
