Marsh reports strong quarter
30 July 2018
Marsh recorded net income of $US531 million in the second quarter, up 6% on the corresponding period last year…
30 July 2018
Marsh recorded net income of $US531 million in the second quarter, up 6% on the corresponding period last year…
30 July 2018
Beazley’s net income for the six months through June plummeted to $US48.5 million from $US130.9 million in the corresponding period last year…
30 July 2018
Scor has recorded net income of €262 million for the first half, down from €292 million in the corresponding period last year…
23 July 2018
The average gender pay gap in the UK insurance industry is 29% – more than double the average for all companies, according to Chartered Insurance Institute figures…
23 July 2018
About 32% of shipping losses last year occurred in Asia, making it the most incident-prone region, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty says…
23 July 2018
Demand for insurance is expected to soar as the sharing economy becomes more popular with consumers…
23 July 2018
About 80% of US directors’ and officers’ policyholders rank cyber-related risks as their leading concern, a Willis Towers Watson survey shows…
23 July 2018
Insurers are considering a new underwriting approach for space risk, with the number of active satellites in orbit expected to climb over the next 10 years…
23 July 2018
Aon has published a paper on blockchain, explaining how the technology is more than just a solution to insurers’ processing and back-office inefficiencies…
23 July 2018
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has welcomed passage last week of the UK’s Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill…
16 July 2018
US commercial motor rates recorded the largest rise by line in the second quarter at 6%, followed by commercial property at 4%, industry analyst MarketScout says…
16 July 2018
Reinsurance is increasingly important as a tool for reducing earnings volatility, as investors pressure insurers to meet profitability targets, a Willis Towers Watson survey finds…
16 July 2018
Japan’s general insurers will not be significantly affected by the worst floods to hit the country in more than 30 years, Moody’s says…
16 July 2018
Eight spells of severe thunderstorms last month left US insurers with a bill exceeding $US3 billion, Impact Forecasting says in its monthly catastrophe recap…
16 July 2018
Insurers sustained losses of $US2.1 billion from Storm Friederike, making it the industry’s most costly natural disaster in the first half of the year, Munich Re says…
16 July 2018
The Association of British Insurers has urged the UK Government to negotiate a better Brexit outcome, following a white paper on its future relationship with the European Union…
16 July 2018
Swiss Re has structured and placed a $US350 million catastrophe bond for Frontline Insurance the largest catastrophe bond for a Florida insurer since 2014…
09 July 2018
Property and casualty premiums rose 2.8% to $US2.2 trillion last year, Swiss Re says in its latest Sigma study…
09 July 2018
Lloyd’s and 49 other insurance firms and trade bodies operating in the UK have become founding signatories to an Inclusive Behaviours Pledge that promotes diversity across the industry…
09 July 2018
Swiss Re has stopped providing insurance and reinsurance to coal-aligned businesses as part of a broader initiative to support the Paris climate action plan aimed at reducing carbon emissions…