The inland marine insurance industry has been one of the most profitable and consistent lines of business in the property and casualty industry over the past decade, according to a new special report from ratings firm A.M. Best Company. The…
Lloyd’s has revised its net claims estimates for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma to a combined US$3.9 billion, plus a preliminary claims estimate for Hurricane Maria of US$0.9 billion. In a statement on Monday, Lloyd’s also reported that the world’s specialist…
Insurers and reinsurers can benefit by considering how near misses – such as an incident three months ago when an Air Canada Airbus A320 nearly landed on a taxiway with four passenger jets – might have become major disasters, Risk…
Swiss Re has estimated its preliminary combined losses from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria and the earthquakes in Mexico to be approximately US$3.6 billion, net of retrocession and before tax. Of the total combined losses, claims from the two earthquakes…
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors are responding to the recent uptick in natural disasters by making payments to ceding companies, while at the same time continuing to raise more money and preparing to make new investments, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) Securities…
Zurich Insurance Group has become that latest insurer to estimate the impact of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria on its book of business. Zurich said in a press release on Thursday that it currently estimates aggregate claims in the third…
The combination of known risks with a new technology is challenging, Christian Höft, client manager with Munich Re, told Canadian Underwriter one day after the (re)insurer released a comprehensive risk analysis of the Hyperloop technology. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies’ (HTT) technology…
With analysts estimating catastrophe losses exceeding $100 billion to the property & casualty insurance industry in 2017, a law firm suggested Wednesday there is a risk disputes over reinstatement of reinsurance coverage and erosion limits, between North American insurers and…
While the insurance industry in the United States is well-capitalized and market sentiment is mostly positive, there is still evidence of economic and market-based headwinds that will challenge profitable growth, a new report from Guy Carpenter has suggested. In the…
Hyperloop technology – a form of transport in which passengers and goods travel in capsules at high speeds – is both “feasible and insurable in the medium term,” according to a new report from Munich Re. The Hyperloop Transportation Technologies…
The above-average activity for the Atlantic hurricanes season so far – a season that is not yet done – is already a capital event for p&c reinsurers and the remainder plus wildfire activity likely only contributes to nervousness, S&P Global…
The Lloyd’s market has now paid almost three quarters of a billion dollars (US$738 million) in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, the world’s specialist insurance market said on Thursday. “When you get three catastrophic weather events as well…