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UK storm payouts to top $500 million

14 December 2015

Insured losses from devastating floods in northern England are estimated at £250-£325 million, and are likely to rise if predictions of more bad weather prove correct, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers UK…

Slump in D&O pricing continues: Aon

14 December 2015

Premium pricing for global directors’ and officers’ liability insurance has fallen for the ninth consecutive quarter, according to the latest report from Aon Risk Solutions…

Lloyd’s shines light on liability exposures

07 December 2015

Lloyd’s has released a report to help insurers better manage liability exposures, which are more complex because they are harder to conceptualise than natural catastrophes…

UK insurers face greater scrutiny from regulator

07 December 2015

The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority will step up its oversight of the insurance industry, which must conform to Europe’s Solvency II regulatory regime from January 1…

XL Catlin backs resilience at Paris talks

07 December 2015

XL Catlin CEO Mike McGavick told the Paris climate change conference the (re)insurance industry will strive to support resilience and disaster risk reduction…

Low returns rock marine underwriters

07 December 2015

Low interest rates mean insurers can no longer rely on robust investment returns and must understand and reduce their growing vertical and horizontal exposures, according to the American Institute of Marine Underwriters…

Get with the program on cyber risk: AM Best

07 December 2015

Insurers can improve their cyber-risk profiles and avoid unnecessary litigation by designing new policies, creating single-risk limits and establishing contingency reserves, AM Best says…

Bermuda gains Solvency II approval

07 December 2015

The European Commission has recognised the Bermuda Monetary Authority’s prudential framework for reinsurance as meeting the impending Solvency II requirements…

US P&C rates continue decline

07 December 2015

US commercial property and casualty rates fell 3% last month after dropping 2% in October, according to analyst MarketScout…

Lloyd’s Hong Kong rep joins Swiss Re

07 December 2015

Lloyd’s Hong Kong General Representative Dylan Bryant will leave the market to become Head of Sales North Asia for Swiss Re Corporate Solutions in the first quarter of next year…

Allianz revives China ambition, exits coal investment

30 November 2015

Allianz has teamed up with Chinese internet search giant Baidu and Asian investment company Hillhouse Capital Group to establish an online insurance company in the world’s second-biggest economy…

US cyber cover defies global rate slump

30 November 2015

US cyber-insurance rates increased more than 15% on average in the third quarter, bucking the composite commercial lines decline of 4.8%, according to Marsh…

FCA seeks feedback on Big Data

30 November 2015

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority has called for submissions on the use of Big Data in the retail general insurance sector…

Blame it on the rain: weather-based disasters soar

30 November 2015

Nearly all the world’s major disasters over the past 20 years can be blamed on weather, with an estimated cost of $US250-$350 billion each year, according to a United Nations report…

India caught napping on fraud

30 November 2015

Fraud affects 75% of companies across the world, according to this year’s Kroll Global Fraud Report, with emerging economic superpower India among the worst-hit nations…

Lloyd’s given a passage to India

23 November 2015

Lloyd’s has welcomed new draft regulations governing its registration and operation of a reinsurance branch in India…