Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG has announced that it expects to record approximately $65 million to $75 million in catastrophe related losses and loss expenses in the second quarter of 2011. The company said the majority of those losses …
Dr. Tim Doggett, principal scientist at AIR Worldwide, has analyzed the possible impact of Tropical Storm Arlene, and its heavy rainfall in Central Mexico. He indicated that the “greatest threat for heavy rainfall will be in areas of elevated terrain …
After careful calculation Lloyd’s has announced its estimated net claims before tax from the earthquakes this year in Japan and New Zealand and the January 2011 floods in Australia. The current net estimates were given as follows: US$ 1.95 billion …
Hiscox Ltd., which operates in the U.S., Bermuda and Europe, as well as the Lloyd’s and UK market, has issued its Interim Management Statement for the first three months of the year to 31 March 2011. Hiscox said its gross …
Catastrophe modeling firm EQECAT has updated its market loss estimate of $12-$25 billion, issued on March 16, for the March 11 M9 Tohoku Earthquake. EQECAT said that, based on the latest information available, it is “updating its estimate to $22-$39 …
The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited announced that its initial estimate of the financial impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated areas of northeast Japan, are expected to be around $200 million, based on total insured losses of …
Some of the world’s leading insurers and reinsurers have issued initial estimates of how much the earthquake that hit Japan on March 11 will cost them and more are expected do so over the next few weeks. Risk modeling agency …
XL Group plc announced that its preliminary net loss estimates for the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, pretax and net of reinsurance and reinstatement premiums, “range from approximately $190 million to $290 million, with approximately 70 percent …
His voice was a little husky, but Luke Savage – Lloyd’s Director of Finance, Risk Management and Operations – was still pleased to talk to the IJ about Lloyd’s financial results for 2010, which were released on Wednesday, March 30. …
Munich Re announced that it has estimated its claims burden from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan at around €1.5 billion [$2.128 billion], after retrocession and before tax. As a result Munich Re said its “profit target of around €2.4 …
