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Asia-Pacific reinsurers must adapt or lose market share

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...

Swiss Re hit by hurricane, Thomas Cook collapse

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...

Chubb profit tumbles

04 November 2019

Chubb has posted an 11.4% decline in third quarter net profit to $US1.09 billion...

WTW posts 70% income rise in Q3

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...

ISO Disaster recovery standards updated

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...

Worsening California wildfires force thousands to flee

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...

Industry 4.0 throws down challenges for insurers

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...

China leads in global insurtech deals

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...

Japanese insurers riding out typhoons

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...

Axis Capital quits coal, oil sands

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...

UK must avoid becoming EU "rule-taker" after Brexit: ABI

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...