04 April 2016
Global insured losses from natural and man-made disasters totalled $US37 billion last year, well below the $US62 billion average for the previous 10 years, according to Swiss Re’s latest Sigma study…
04 April 2016
North American businesses paid 2% less last year than in 2014 to cover the total cost of risk, according to this year’s Risk and Insurance Management Society Benchmark Survey…
04 April 2016
Insured losses last year were the lowest since 2009, according to Guy Carpenter’s Global Catastrophe Review…
04 April 2016
HDI Global parent Talanx has reported net income of €734 million for last year, the second-highest sum in the company’s history…
04 April 2016
Commercial property specialist insurer FM Global says a 22.9% drop in net profit last year was due to a stronger US dollar and higher expenses…
21 March 2016
The global average surface temperature last month broke records by a “stunning” margin, prompting some scientists to declare a “climate emergency”…
21 March 2016
Munich Re is braced for earnings to decline further after net profit fell 1.4% to €3.1 billion last year, hit by negative currency movements and impairment charges…
21 March 2016
UK Chancellor George Osborne has increased the insurance premium tax by 0.5 percentage points to 10% in his latest budget…
21 March 2016
Lloyd’s has appointed Shankar Garigiparthy to the new role of Country Manager India, as part of its push into the country’s enormous market…
21 March 2016
Global claims management specialist Crawford & Company has announced a new structure featuring a “G6” executive team…
21 March 2016
The number of UK motorists using telematics-based insurance policies to reduce premiums increased 40% last year, according to the British Insurance Brokers’ Association…
21 March 2016
Increased digitisation and interconnectivity have made cyber threats “one of the top global perils” of this year and beyond, according to research group IDC Financial Insights…
21 March 2016
About 74% of insurers say the industry is most at risk over the next five years from fintech firms – financial technology players encroaching on their turf, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report…
21 March 2016
Legal scrutiny associated with mergers and acquisitions is considered the biggest risk facing the aviation industry today, according to a management survey…
14 March 2016
The southern hemisphere suffered its strongest tropical cyclones on record last month, according to the latest Global Catastrophe Recap from modeller Impact Forecasting…
14 March 2016
Global insurance data standards group ACORD has appointed Bill Pieroni as its new President and CEO…
14 March 2016
Lloyd’s Director of Performance Management Tom Bolt is to head up Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance’s forthcoming foray into Europe when he leaves the market in a few months…
14 March 2016
The UK Senior Insurance Managers Regime is now in force, the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority have announced…
14 March 2016
Hannover Re recorded net income of €1.15 billion last year, up 16.7% on 2014…
14 March 2016
Marsh has appointed former AIG commercial insurance CEO John Doyle as President, effective from April 15…