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Reinsurance environment remains in flux: AM Best

15 August 2022

Fears of sustained inflation and a potential recession may lead to a decline in overall available reinsurance capital in an environment where various influences on the sector remain in flux, AM Best says...

Zurich has second best first half

15 August 2022

Zurich has reported a 25% jump in first-half operating profit to $US3.39 billion – a result only beaten by its $US3.55 billion record first-half in 2008 – while its property & casualty business had its best ever combined ratio, improving 2 percentage points to 91.9%...

AIG reports profitability improvement, delays spin-off

15 August 2022

AIG’s combined operating ratio has reached its best quarterly level in more than 15 years, driven by North America and International commercial line results, the company says, while also advising that its life and retirement business spin-off has been delayed due to equity market volatility...

Talanx lifts premium growth guidance

15 August 2022

Talanx, the parent company of HDI Global, has confirmed it expects annual net income in a range of €1.05-1.15 billion and lifted its premium growth guidance...

WTW earnings decline, sees second-half acceleration

08 August 2022

Global broker WTW reported a decline in second-quarter net income but the group says it’s tackling a transformation program with urgency and is well-placed despite a difficult economic backdrop...

UK regulator 'raises the bar' on consumer protections

01 August 2022

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has set more stringent consumer protection standards in areas such as communication and product suitability under rules released last week that reflect its plans to become a “more assertive” regulator...

Australia floods, Europe storms mar Swiss Re P&C results

01 August 2022

Swiss Re’s Property & Casualty Reinsurance arm absorbed $US938 million in large natural catastrophe claims for the January-June period, including from the flood events in Australia, the reinsurance giant says in its first-half results announcement...

Australian floods top first-half insured loss chart

01 August 2022

The February/March flood disaster in NSW and Queensland has run up insured losses of about $US3.7 billion, making it the insurance industry’s most costly natural catastrophe in the first six months of the year, according to Munich Re...

Making steady profit from cyber 'remains challenging': S&P

01 August 2022

Insurers will find extracting steady profit from cyber policies “remains challenging” and wariness among underwriters is “justified by the systemic risk” from interconnected digital services and infrastructure, S&P Global Ratings says...