UK car theft claims hit seven-year high
03 June 2019
Insurance claims for theft of or from vehicles have climbed to their highest levels since 2012, the Association of British Insurers says…
03 June 2019
Insurance claims for theft of or from vehicles have climbed to their highest levels since 2012, the Association of British Insurers says…
03 June 2019
Swiss Re Capital Markets has closed a $US100 million catastrophe bond in Singapore, which is striving to grab a share of the lucrative insurance-linked securities market…
27 May 2019
Fifth-generation cellular broadband technology is one of five emerging risks Swiss Re identifies as having a “high potential impact” on the general and life insurance industry…
27 May 2019
Marsh has called for a “robust reauthorisation” of the US Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorisation Act, which is due to expire at the end of next year…
27 May 2019
Insurtech investment was up in the first three months of the year compared with the preceding quarter, according to Willis Towers Watson…
27 May 2019
The US and Japan are among countries to tighten data privacy laws since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation took effect in May last year…
27 May 2019
Access to cyber-breach data collected by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office would help insurers better assess and price risk, the Association of British Insurers says…
20 May 2019
Insurers are not meeting consumers’ demands for better protection from a growing list of emerging risks such as cyber and increased natural catastrophes, according to Capgemini’s annual World Insurance Report…
20 May 2019
The US suffered multibillion-dollar losses from almost 250 tornado touchdowns last month, the most for any April since 2011, according to Impact Forecasting…
20 May 2019
Allianz Australia made a first-quarter operating profit of €49 million, down 15.2% from the corresponding period last year…
20 May 2019
Zurich says property and casualty pricing improved in the first quarter, but gross written premium fell 2% to $US9.18 billion due to local currency impacts and the disposal of a business in Germany…
20 May 2019
Aon and Guy Carpenter have teamed up on a blockchain project aiming to bring greater efficiency to the reinsurance placement process…
13 May 2019
The Association of British Insurers is urging the UK Government to invest £1 billion a year in flood defences…
13 May 2019
Lloyd’s is to invest in a cloud-based commercial insurance platform for small business following a trial in its insurtech lab…
13 May 2019
Adjusted pre-tax income from AIG’s general insurance arm jumped 149% to $US1.27 billion in the first quarter, as underwriting and cost discipline improved…
13 May 2019
Munich Re has recorded a decline in first-quarter net profit to €633 million from €827 million…
13 May 2019
Talanx net profit grew 7.8% to €235 million in the first quarter as its new HDI Global Specialty joint venture made its first contribution to insurance revenue…
13 May 2019
Hiscox’s gross written premium gained 3.3% to $US1.17 billion in the first quarter as the specialty insurer focused on areas of strong rate growth…
13 May 2019
Liberty Mutual’s first-quarter net written premium totalled $US9.7 billion, up 2.8% on the corresponding period last year…
13 May 2019
Beazley’s gross written premium increased 16% to $US731 million in the three months to March 31…