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PERILS estimates property market loss for Cyclone Debbie at AU$1,116 million
May 9, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterTropical Cyclone Debbie – the initial loss estimate for which PERILS AG puts at AU$1,116 million – “underpins the need for reliable natural catastrophe insurance data for Australia,” suggests Darryl Pidcock, head of PERILS Asia-Pacific. Debbie affected the Australian states…
Q1 insurance premiums up 95% at Berkshire Hathaway after adverse development reinsurance agreement with AIG
May 8, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterBerkshire Hathaway Inc. announced Friday it recorded insurance premiums earned of $21.7 billion during the three months ending March 31 – up 95% from $11.1 billion in Q1 2016 -while Cyclone Debbie affected the Omaha, Neb.-based firm’s underwriting result by…
Combined ratio up 2.1 points, non-life premiums down 14% at PartnerRe
May 5, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterA change in the measure used to calculate lump sum awards in bodily injury cases in Britain had an impact on PartnerRe Ltd.’s financial results, which the Hamilton, Bermuda insurer released Wednesday. PartnerRe, which has a Toronto branch office, reported…
Insurance industry should look ahead to even larger losses than Fort McMurray, ICLR chair suggests
May 5, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe insurance industry should start thinking about what “could have been” if the Fort McMurray wildfire had been an even larger loss, the chair of Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) said on Friday at the institute’s annual general meeting.…
Liberty Mutual Insurance completes acquisition of Ironshore from Fosun International for US$2.94 billion
May 3, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterLiberty Mutual Insurance has announced that it has completed its acquisition of 100% ownership in Ironshore Inc. from Fosun International Limited. Global insurer Liberty Mutual made the announcement earlier this week that it had acquired Ironshore Inc., a global specialty…
Intact to acquire U.S. specialty insurer OneBeacon Insurance Group for US$1.7 billion
May 3, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterIntact Financial Corporation has announced that it intends to acquire OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd., a specialty insurer in the United States, for US$1.7 billion. Intact declared on Tuesday that it has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger…
Combined ratio 100% in Q1 for Markel
May 2, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterCommercial insurance writer Markel Corp. reported a combined ratio of 100% in the three months ending March 31, a 12-point deterioration from its combined ratio of 88% during the first quarter of last year. Glen Allen, Virginia-based Markel released April…
Canada lacks ‘commercially widely available wildfire models,’ Aviva Canada reinsurance VP warns
May 2, 2017 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorInsurers have no “meaningful way of modelling wildfire” losses, a senior executive for Swiss Re Ltd. recently suggested to industry professionals. “If you look at it globally speaking, usually about half of the total insured losses globally are unmodelled perils,”…
Combined ratio up 3.1 points for Allied World
May 1, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterAllied World Assurance Company Holdings AG, which is expected to have a new Canadian corporate parent, recently reported a 3.1-point deterioration, year over year, in its first-quarter combined ratio, nearly a month after Cyclone Debbie hit the north shore of…
Former RSA Canada exec appointed CEO Canada, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
April 27, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterAdrian Hall, former chief customer officer for RSA Insurance in Canada, takes the helm of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions in Canada May 1. He will be “responsible for managing the company’s strategy, development and performance,” Swiss Re Corporate Solutions said…
Aspen posts net income after tax of US$95.5 million for first quarter of 2017
April 27, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterHamilton, Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited has reported a net income after tax of US$95.5 million for the first quarter of 2017 ending March 31, down from US$114.4 million in the same quarter of 2016. The insurer’s operating income after…
SCOR reports combined ratio of 94.5% and net income of 140 million euros in Q1 2017
April 27, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterFrench reinsurer SCOR SE has reported a P&C combined ratio of 94.5% and a net income of 140 million euros for the first quarter of 2017 ending March 31. SCOR released its financial results on Thursday. Its 94.5% P&C combined…