UK insurers stand with Government against cyber threat
17 November 2014
Leading insurers have committed to work with the UK Government to tackle the growing threat of cyber attacks…
17 November 2014
Leading insurers have committed to work with the UK Government to tackle the growing threat of cyber attacks…
17 November 2014
New products, geographic expansion and access to new distribution channels will drive profitable growth next year, according to a survey of US insurance and reinsurance professionals…
17 November 2014
Berkshire Hathaway posted a stronger insurance result in the third quarter, but overall company earnings dropped after writedowns on its investment in UK retailer Tesco…
17 November 2014
US-based global insurer Liberty Mutual has reported net income for the third quarter of $US609 million ($700 million), up 26.6% on the corresponding period last year…
17 November 2014
Catlin has reported a 2.9% drop in average weighted premium rates for the nine months to September 30, with rates for catastrophe-exposed business down 6.9%…
17 November 2014
Bermuda-based Hiscox says gross written premium fell to £1.36 billion ($2.45 billion) from £1.37 billion ($2.47 billion) in the nine months to September 30, due to declining reinsurance rates…
17 November 2014
Acquisitions helped UK-based Brit lift gross written premium by 5% to £990.7 million ($1.8 billion) in the nine months to September 30…
10 November 2014
Pool Re will hold an extraordinary general meeting on November 21 to consider UK Treasury proposals to reform the British terrorism pool…
10 November 2014
US-based global insurer AIG’s net income grew 1% to $US2.19 billion ($2.53 billion) in the third quarter as investment earnings offset an underwriting loss in the property and casualty division…
10 November 2014
Zurich warns prices may weaken after it posted a reduced general insurance operating profit in the third quarter…
10 November 2014
Allianz Group has reported revenue of €28.78 billion ($41.50 billion) for the third quarter, up 14.5% over the corresponding period last year…
10 November 2014
Munich Re has reported third-quarter profits of €738 million ($1.07 billion), up from €630 million ($914 million) in the corresponding period last year…
10 November 2014
Swiss Re says net income for the first nine months of the year grew to $US3.26 billion ($3.77 billion) from $US3.24 billion ($3.75 billion) thanks to a benign period for natural…
10 November 2014
Ebix has reported net income of $US18 million ($20.8 million) for the third quarter, up 37% on the corresponding period last year…
10 November 2014
British insurance and reinsurance intermediaries Hyperion Insurance Group and RK Harrison Holdings are engaged in merger talks…
10 November 2014
Reinsurance premium spending in the Asia-Pacific region has fallen sharply, due partly to key currencies dropping against the US dollar, according to Marsh subsidiary Guy Carpenter…
10 November 2014
A cyclone that struck India last month and a string of other natural disasters across Asia will cost millions in claims, according to Aon Benfield-owned catastrophe modeller Impact Forecasting…
10 November 2014
German reinsurer Hannover Re says third-quarter net profit grew 21% to €251 million ($363 million)…
10 November 2014
Dublin-based Beazley says it has maintained gross written premium for the first nine months of this year, despite rate pressure…
10 November 2014
US commercial insurance prices grew 1% last month, with industry barometer MarketScout forecasting rate rises will continue to slow…