Global Insurers Want to Increase Private Equity Investments, as Inflation Hits Portfolios April 5, 2022 Insurers want to put more money into private equity this year as they contend with rising inflation and its effects...
Goldman Poll Finds Insurers Expect a U.S. Recession April 4, 2022 By Max Reyes Insurance executives who oversee more than $13 trillion in assets expect the U.S. to enter a recession in the near...
Inflation a ‘Major and Growing Concern’ for Reinsurers April 4, 2022 With buyers’ needs for capacity stable and remaining within the collective appetites of reinsurers, April 1 reinsurance renewals were orderly,...
APCIA: Inflation Outpacing Premium Increases for Auto and Homeowners Lines March 8, 2022 By Jim Sams US Insurers — already hammered by extraordinary losses caused by natural disasters — are also failing to raise premiums at...
AM Best: Ukraine Invasion to Likely Have ‘Substantial Impact’ on Insurance Industry February 28, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could add to inflationary pressures and will likely have a substantial impact on the global insurance...
Fed’s Powell Prepares for Possible Pivot With Inflation Risks Rising December 2, 2021 By Jonnelle Marte and Lindsay Dunsmuir The U.S. central bank needs to be ready to respond to the possibility that inflation may not recede in the...
Demand Outpacing Supply in One of Best E&S Markets in 50 Years, Industry Veteran Says September 17, 2021 By Susanne Sclafane The chair of W.R. Berkley Corp. has been observing conditions in the excess and surplus and specialty markets for more...
The Inflation Specter Looms for Property/Casualty Insurers March 23, 2021 By Bill Burns Inflation, defined as the rate at which prices for goods and services are increasing, tends to occur when prices rise...
World Economic Climate Continues to Decline: ICC/Ifo Survey November 19, 2012 The health of the world’s economy continues to deteriorate as insufficient demand, unemployment and the on-going debt crisis in Europe...
Low Interest Rates: an Ongoing Problem for the Re/insurance Industry September 12, 2012 By Charles E. Boyle Swiss Re’s sigma report analyzing the effect on the insurance industry of the continuing low interest rates doesn’t paint a...