International
20 May 2024
Climate change has rewritten the rules for homeowners, leaving many struggling with increasingly risky properties and limited options, a US webinar exploring insurance failures and the need for improved responses has heard...
20 May 2024
Net income of $US1.1 billion ($1.65 billion) in the first quarter has reinforced Swiss Re’s earnings guidance...
20 May 2024
Zurich says it performed strongly in the first quarter, fuelled in part by its property and casualty division...
20 May 2024
A strong start to the year has increased Talanx’s confidence of “clearly exceeding” its annual net income target of more than €1.7 billion ($2.78 billion)...
13 May 2024
Florida’s property insurance market is showing signs of improvement following legislative reforms to address legal system abuse and claim fraud, the Insurance Information Institute says...
13 May 2024
The Association of British Insurers has published a manifesto detailing ways the government can work with industry to address challenges such as climate change resilience and cybercrime...
13 May 2024
Munich Re says the odds of surpassing its earnings guidance of €5 billion ($8.2 billion) for the year have improved after net profit jumped 68% in the first quarter...
13 May 2024
Aon has warned of a “persistent protection gap” for information assets despite the growing risk of loss compared with tangible items...
06 May 2024
IAG is one of 19 founding members of the United Nations Environment Program’s new Forum for Insurance Transition to Net Zero...
06 May 2024
Global insured catastrophe losses totalled $US17 billion ($25.69 billion) in the first quarter, slightly above the century average, according to Aon...
06 May 2024
Loss adjuster Sedgwick has introduced new solutions for aviation claims management...
06 May 2024
Arch Insurance International has named Barbara Rizzi as its new Chief Claims Officer...
29 April 2024
Marsh McLennan says it is seeing momentum across its business after revenue increased 9% to $US6.5 billion ($9.9 billion) in the first quarter...
29 April 2024
WTW’s first-quarter revenue rose 4% and the global broker says it is on track for sales of $US9.9 billion ($15.18 billion) or more this year...
29 April 2024
Chubb has recorded net income of $US2.14 billion ($3.27 billion) for the first quarter, up 13.3% from a year earlier...
29 April 2024
Marsh has launched a practice called Global Alternative Risk Solutions, offering expertise in parametric cover, alternative risk transfer, captives and complex risk...
29 April 2024
Cyber specialist CFC has created a team focused on underwriting representations and warranties insurance in the renewable energy market...
22 April 2024
More than 80% of industry executives believe predictive models are critical to underwriting’s future but less than a third say their business has advanced capabilities in this area, according to a Capgemini report...
22 April 2024
Severe flash flooding in the United Arab Emirates is likely to prompt a surge of claims, though low penetration and extensive reinsurance cover should mean insurers’ costs are “manageable”, AM Best says...
22 April 2024
Strong underwriting discipline and rate adequacy will drive the London market’s performance, with added support expected from better investment yields, AM Best says...