New terror threats put more UK businesses in firing line
18 March 2019
Evolving terrorist methods are exposing more businesses to economic loss, according to UK reinsurer Pool Re…
18 March 2019
Evolving terrorist methods are exposing more businesses to economic loss, according to UK reinsurer Pool Re…
18 March 2019
Insurers could face large claims related to the Ethiopian Airlines crash this month, which reportedly bears a striking resemblance to another deadly accident involving the same aircraft model…
18 March 2019
Professional services provider Charles Taylor recorded a $25 million profit last year, up $4.7 million on 2017…
18 March 2019
Specialist (re)insurance broker BMS recorded revenue growth of 25% last year, helping it break the £100 million barrier for the first time…
11 March 2019
A “no deal” Brexit would be an “unforgivable act of economic and social self-harm”, says the Association of British Insurers…
11 March 2019
Aon has dropped any near-term plans to make an offer for rival Willis Towers Watson, while leaving the door open for a future move…
11 March 2019
Emerging market insurance premium will more than double over the next decade, according to a Swiss Re Sigma report…
11 March 2019
Severe winter weather in central and eastern US caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage last month, according to Impact Forecasting’s latest global catastrophe report…
11 March 2019
Some 63 insurtech deals were announced in the fourth quarter of last year, totalling $US1.59 billion ($2.26 billion), according to Willis Towers Watson…
11 March 2019
US property and casualty insurers achieved a 22% rise in aggregate net income to $US18.5 billion ($26.3 billion) last year, Moody’s Investors Service says…
04 March 2019
Businesses face an unprecedented “breadth of challenges” to their interests, broker Marsh warns in its annual Political Risk Map report…
04 March 2019
JLT’s profit fell last year amid costs related to the takeover by Marsh & McLennan, while the group’s trading result was lifted by its speciality division…
04 March 2019
US property and casualty insurers are expected to record a $US12.1 billion underwriting loss for last year, AM Best says…
04 March 2019
Specialty insurer Hiscox has posted strong results for last year and hopes to maintain the momentum as pricing conditions improve…
04 March 2019
Guy Carpenter Securities has issued the first terrorism catastrophe bond on behalf of British state-owned terrorism reinsurer Pool Re…
04 March 2019
European insurers’ withdrawal of investment and cover for coal projects is not being mirrored by counterparts elsewhere in the world, AM Best warns…
25 February 2019
A mega-catastrophe will bring “disastrous consequences beyond anything" the insurance industry has seen, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett has warned…
25 February 2019
Aspen Insurance Holdings has a new management team after its acquisition by Apollo Global Management…
25 February 2019
Insurance company leaders are now less apprehensive about digital transformation in the industry, according to a PwC global survey…
25 February 2019
Swiss Re predicts renewal price gains last month will be followed by further increases due to large-scale natural catastrophes in the second half of last year…