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Cities Drive Greenhouse Gas Emissions but Can Provide Solutions to Climate Change

The world’s cities are a big driver of planet-warming emissions but can play a major role in addressing climate change in the near future. U.N. scientists on Monday laid out ways to rein in emissions and curb climate change, including …

Reinsurers to Bear Brunt of Australia Flood Claims: AM Best

The majority of gross losses from recent devastating flooding in Australia likely will be borne by reinsurers with limited impact on primary insurers’ balance sheets, according to an AM Best report. The flooding brought widespread damage to regions of New …

Global Insurers Want to Increase Private Equity Investments, as Inflation Hits Portfolios

Insurers want to put more money into private equity this year as they contend with rising inflation and its effects on monetary policy, a survey by Goldman Sachs Asset Management showed on Monday. More than 40% of insurers plan to …

Inflation a ‘Major and Growing Concern’ for Reinsurers

With buyers’ needs for capacity stable and remaining within the collective appetites of reinsurers, April 1 reinsurance renewals were orderly, according to a broker report, which points to inflation discussions and sanction exclusion wording as notable highlights. “Inflation remains a …

Property Catastrophe Reinsurers Show Greater Risk Appetites as Price Hikes Continue

Reinsurers have boosted their 2022 probable maximum loss (PML) exposures as higher prices continues to attract more capital to property-catastrophe risks, according to Moody’s Investors Service. Reinsurers’ public disclosures of their Jan. 1, 2022 modeled probable maximum loss (PML) exposures …

Global Insurance Losses From Russia-Ukraine War Could Range From $16B to $35B

Global insurance losses from the Russia-Ukraine war could range from $16 billion to $35 billion, with reinsurers expected to assume 50% of those claims, according to a report published by S&P Global Ratings. While recent articles in the press have …

Aircraft Leasing Firm AerCap Files $3.5B Insurance Claim for Jets Stuck in Russia

AerCap Holdings NV, the world’s largest aircraft-leasing firm, is seeking about $3.5 billion from insurers related to jets and engines stuck in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. The claims were filed last week, Chief Financial Officer Peter Juhas said …

Floods Drive Economic Losses in 2021, but Only 25% of Risks Are Insured: Swiss Re

More than 50 severe flood events around the world caused combined economic losses of US$82 billion in 2021, while insured losses stood at slightly more than US$20 billion – more evidence of a large ongoing global insurance protection gap of …

Jet Leasing Firms Tally Up Losses Stemming From Russia-Ukraine War

Aircraft leasing firms are tallying up losses stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the head of Avolon Holdings Ltd., one of the biggest players in the industry. Lessors are in dialogue with auditors “about what financial provisions should …

Russian Airlines Could Be Frozen Out of Aircraft Leasing Market After Ukraine War

Russian airlines could be frozen out of the aircraft leasing market well beyond the Ukraine conflict, one of the industry’s biggest players warned on Tuesday, blaming what executives have described as a default involving hundreds of Western jets. Global leasing …