The reinsurance world has always been a bit arcane, but rarely to the extent it appears to be right now. Henry Keeling, the president and CEO of Guy Carpenter’s international operations, noted at the European Insurance Forum in Dublin that …
Property and casualty insurers craving respite from a long-running drop in prices are eyeing the start of the U.S. hurricane season next week in the hope that summer windstorms will finally turn the market. The June 1 to Nov. 30 …
Swiss Re has estimated that its first quarter P&C pre-tax catastrophe losses exceed $2.3 billion, resulting in the $1.233 billion operating loss in this sector given above. Swiss Re’s earnings bulletin pointed out that the reinsurer’s P&C “treaty business written …
Experts on natural catastrophe risk at Allianz have highlighted the growing trend in insured losses arising from natural catastrophes worldwide in a risk briefing – the “Allianz Risk Pulse: Focus Natural Catastrophes.” Allianz points out that the “average annual cost …
