Reinsurance broker Aon Benfield has sponsored the third edition of the Atlas of Natural Disaster Risk in China, a Chinese government research project that for the first time looks at how hazard, vulnerability and exposure integrate to help implement more …
The New York Insurance Association has noted that the 2000 Honda Civic is again the most frequently stolen vehicle in New York State. The Hot Wheels 2011 study released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) examines data reported to …
Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., has released the latest edition of its Monthly Cat Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during July. The report is prepared by Impact …
According to a new report from Willis Group Holdings – Willis Summer 2011 Leisure Newsletter – “vast quantities of personal, identifiable information collected by the leisure and hospitality industry has made it a chief target of cyber attacks.” Willis’ Cyber …
Willis’ monthly airline insurance insight report indicates that “the insurance market has remained remarkably stable for airlines, with no change in the drivers of capacity and claims. “The experience of 2011 continues to demonstrate the uncertain nature of airline insurance, …
Some of the world’s leading clothing brands rely on Chinese suppliers that pollute rivers with toxic, hormone-disrupting chemicals banned in Europe and elsewhere, the environment group Greenpeace said on Wednesday. Adidas, Nike, Puma, Calvin Klein, Lacoste, Abercrombie and Fitch and …
A new special report from A.M. Best – Takaful Poised for Growth, But Greater Focus is Required – notes that “Takaful operators in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Malaysia are growing at a rapid pace and are highly capitalized. …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published a report – “French Insurance Industry Holds Up Under Pressure, But Challenges Still Lie Ahead” – on the challenges the French insurance industry is likely to face over the next two years. S&P …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a report which “discusses why it thinks the European insurance industry seems nervous as it enters the second half of 2011.” The report – “European Insurance Credit Trends: Despite Strong Balance Sheets, Insurers …
Aon Benfield has launched the latest edition of its Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) report, which analyses the financial position of the world’s leading reinsurers at the end of the first quarter. The report, compiled by Aon Benfield Analytics, estimates that …
