International
04 November 2019
Reinsurers in the Asia-Pacific region will find their “home-court advantage” eroded by the hard-to-predict nature of urbanisation and chaotic weather, bringing more complex pricing challenges, and the need for risk diversification, S&P warns...
04 November 2019
Swiss Re’s underwriting performance was affected by $US1.7 billion in large catastrophe claims in the first nine months of 2019, including from Hurricane Dorian and the compulsory liquidation of Thomas Cook in the third quarter...
04 November 2019
Chubb has posted an 11.4% decline in third quarter net profit to $US1.09 billion...
04 November 2019
Marsh & McLennan has posted a rise in third quarter net income to $US303 million from $US276 million a year earlier...
04 November 2019
Global broker Willis Towers Watson lifted its third-quarter net income by 70% to $US75 million as each of its four core business segments demonstrated healthy growth in revenue...
04 November 2019
The International Organisation for Standardisation has updated its international standard for implementing and maintaining a business continuity plan in the face of cyber attacks, natural disasters or supply chain issues...
04 November 2019
No new insurance-linked securities were issued in the third quarter of the year, Willis Re figures show...
28 October 2019
Global Property and Casualty business again produced an underwriting profit in 2018 with a combined ratio of 98.9%, up from 98.8% a year earlier, according to Aon’s Insurance Risk Study...
28 October 2019
Insured losses in Japan from Typhoon Hagibis could reach $US8-16 billion, catastrophe modeller Air Worldwide estimates...
28 October 2019
Nearly 200,000 Californian residents have been evacuated as the ongoing wildfires continue to tear through the state, burning thousands of hectares of land and destroying hundreds of structures including homes...
28 October 2019
Insurers who have lagged in adopting technology in the past have the opportunity to step up by embracing the fourth industrial revolution, Lloyd’s Director of Performance Management Jon Hancock says...
28 October 2019
Rates are expected to again rise at the January and April renewal seasons, according to AM Best...
28 October 2019
Insurtech deal activity is on track to outpace last year, driven by a growing health insurance industry in China, where 13% of global insurtech deals originated in the third quarter...
28 October 2019
AIG is seeking approval for a new syndicate at Lloyd’s to serve the specialist US high net worth market, writing up to $US1 billion in gross written premiums...
28 October 2019
Aon has created a new business unit to better leverage the US regional insurer market, which writes more than $US115 billion in direct gross written premium a year...
28 October 2019
Allianz and Axa have achieved top 50 placements in Interbrand’s latest global brand rankings, appearing alongside such lofty peers as Apple, Amazon and Google...
21 October 2019
Typhoons Hagibis and Faxai, which lashed Japan this month and last respectively, are not expected to have a material impact on the capitalisation of the country’s three major insurers, according to AM Best...
21 October 2019
Payment protection insurance made up almost half of all complaints for regulated firms in the UK in the first half as consumers scrambled to meet a deadline for compensation...
21 October 2019
Specialty lines insurer Axis Capital will stop underwriting and investing in businesses involved with the coal and oil sands-related industries in January...
21 October 2019
Once it achieves a Brexit deal the UK will need to build a constructive future relationship with the European Union that gives it adequate decision-making power, The Association of British Insurers says...