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Hurricane Ian Drives Global Insured Losses of $115B From Natural Disasters: Swiss Re
Hurricane Ian and other natural catastrophes, such as European winter storms, floods in Australia, and hailstorms in France and the U.S., have cost global insurers an ...
Underwriting the Transition: Chaucer, Moody’s Break New Ground With ESG Scorecard
As corporations increasingly navigate the environmental, social and governmental (ESG) landscape, they require tools and benchmarking to help them meet their ESG targets. ...
Zurich Insurance Plc Plans to Redomicile From Ireland to Germany in Post-Brexit Move
Zurich Insurance Plc (ZIP), the Dublin-based, wholly owned subsidiary of Zurich Insurance Group, plans to relocate to Germany as a result of the UK's exit from the ...
‘Hardening’ Property Catastrophe Market Enters ‘Hard’ Market Phase: Bank of America
European reinsurers will miss their earnings targets in 2022 — for the sixth year in a row — which is pressuring the industry to raise rates and continue improving ...
Lloyd’s Has Strong H1 Underwriting Profit but Reports Overall Loss on Investment Hit
While Lloyd's reported a strong underwriting profit during the first half and its best combined ratio in five years, similar to many insurers it saw an overall loss as a result of its investments. ...
50-50 Split: Reinsurers Feel Strongly Both Ways About Catastrophe Risk
The natural catastrophe business of global reinsurers has been reshaped by five years of higher-than-expected losses, which is leading reinsurers to adopt divergent strategies—either diving in to ...
MGAs: An All-Weather Distribution Channel for Soft and Hard Markets
Many reinsurers across the globe increasingly have been doing business with certain select managing general agents (MGAs), seen as market innovators, by reinsuring the fronting insurers that provide ...
Conquering Complex Supply Chains
Supply chain. The unprecedented disruptions of the past few years have made "supply chain" a household word—because nearly every household in the world has been affected by the shortages of goods ...