International
  
  
  19 August 2024
  Hurricane Debby private market insured losses will not exceed $US1.5 billion ($2.3 billion), Moody’s RMS has estimated, while Hurricane Ernesto, which formed last week, has remained well away from the US coastline...
  
  19 August 2024
  UK insurers paid more than £1.4 billion ($2.71 billion) in claims in the second quarter – the highest sum since the Association of British Insurers began tracking data in 2017...
  
  19 August 2024
  Canopius Group says first-half net profit rose 53% to $US179 million ($272 million) as it pursued disciplined growth and delivered robust underwriting profitability...
  
  12 August 2024
  Losses from Hurricane Debby, which crossed the Florida coast before bringing flooding to southern US states, will mostly be borne by primary insurers, Moody’s Ratings says...
  
  12 August 2024
  Zurich’s business operating profit rose 7% to $US4 billion ($6.1 billion) in the first half and return on equity reached a record 25%...
  
  12 August 2024
  Munich Re has booked a 40.6% rise in second-quarter net profit to €1.62 billion ($2.68 billion), taking its overall earnings in the June half to nearly €3.8 billion ($6.3 billion)...
  
  12 August 2024
  Aon and Columbia University have extended a research collaboration that has already found climate models may be underestimating future Atlantic hurricane impacts...
  
  12 August 2024
  AM Best has upgraded its financial strength rating for Lloyd’s, noting the market’s healthy balance sheet, operating performance, “very favourable” business profile and enterprise risk management...
  
  12 August 2024
  Thunderstorms and floods were “key drivers” as global insured losses totalled $US60 billion ($91.11 billion) in the first half, according to Swiss Re...
  
  05 August 2024
  The catastrophe reinsurance market has seen “material interest” from insurers, according to a mid-year update from broker Guy Carpenter...
  
  05 August 2024
  Insurance run-off specialist Enstar has accepted a $US5.1 billion ($7.8 billion) takeover offer from a consortium led by global investment firm Sixth Street...
  
  05 August 2024
  Global natural catastrophe insured losses totalled $US62 billion ($95.44 billion) in the first half, with floods and thunderstorms key contributors, according to Munich Re...
  
  05 August 2024
  Anders Malmstrom will become Swiss Re’s group CFO next April, replacing the retiring John Dacey...
  
  29 July 2024
  More than 350 structures are believed to have been destroyed as wildfire ripped through the tourist town of Jasper in Alberta, Canada, last week...
  
  29 July 2024
  The CrowdStrike outage is a warning to industry to stay on top of emerging cyber risks, ratings agency AM Best says...
  
  29 July 2024
  Gallagher says its business is in “great shape” after a rise in second-quarter earnings...
  
  29 July 2024
  WTW has lifted its full-year operating margin and earnings targets after revenue rose 5% to $US2.27 billion ($3.47 billion) in the second quarter...
  
  22 July 2024
  Inflation and rising claims cost pressure will continue to drive up property and casualty premium rates globally, Swiss Re says in a new report...
  
  22 July 2024
  Aon’s global catastrophe report for the first half puts insured losses at $US58 billion ($86.86 billion), the lowest total in four years...
  
  22 July 2024
  Zurich-based catastrophe data specialist Perils has delivered an initial insured loss estimate of €1.56 billion ($2.54 billion) for last month’s floods in southern Germany...