March 11, 2021
Top insurance companies, ordered by Britain’s highest court to pay thousands of small businesses millions of pounds in claims for COVID-19 disruption, are facing a battle with reinsurers over who should foot the bill, industry sources said. Bars, beauty parlors, …
March 2, 2021
Global property and casualty reinsurers saw “good” rate increases during the January 2021 renewals but they came up short of a hard market, dashing reinsurers’ hope of a strong start for 2021, according to a report from S&P Global Ratings. …
February 25, 2021
Munich Re reported a profit of €1.21 billion (US1.47 billion) for 2020, a 55% decline from the €2.71 billion (US$3.29 billion) reported for the previous year. The reinsurer’s Q4 2020 profit dropped to €212 million (US$258 million) from €217 million …
January 29, 2021
SAO PAULO – Brazilian reinsurer IRB Brasil Resseguros rose 18% on Thursday, closing at 7.67 reais, as some Brazilian retail investors mimicked their U.S. counterparts in trying to squeeze short sellers. Rio de Janeiro-based Squadra Investimentos last year uncovered accounting …
January 29, 2021
During an upbeat earnings call focused on how RenaissanceRe is using $1 billion of capital it raised last year in 2021, the CEO highlighted one negative development for the industry overall — inadequate estimates of COVID-19 losses. “Even as COVID …
January 13, 2021
Howden Group Holdings announced an investment of $84 million in support of Tamesis DUAL Ltd., the reinsurance division of DUAL Group, the world’s largest international MGA. This additional capacity has been in place since Jan. 1, 2021 and the capital …
January 13, 2021
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. has announced three strategic focus areas as part of its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy: Promoting Climate Resilience; Closing the Protection Gap; and Inducing Positive Societal Change. More information can be found on RenaissanceRe’s new ESG …
January 13, 2021
Canopius announces its Bermuda-based reinsurance company Canopius Reinsurance Ltd. has been granted a Class 4 reinsurer license by the Bermuda Monetary Authority. The reclassification will significantly extend Canopius Re’s scope, enabling it to increase gross written premiums and write more …
January 5, 2021
Price increases at the Jan. 1, 2021 reinsurance renewals were moderated compared to initial expectations as a result of abundant capital levels and an increased willingness on the part of reinsurers to deploy capacity in several sectors, according to reinsurance …
December 10, 2020
Credit Suisse Group AG is winding down two reinsurance vehicles with assets of about $2 billion after key investors moved their funds out. Humboldt Re and Kelvin Re, which use money from institutional clients to reinsure natural catastrophes and other …