Loss Trends for Severe Convective Storms
Loss trends for severe convective storms (SCS) have increased over the past 15 years and even more during the past five years, according to Dan Dick, global head of ...
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Top 15 Non-Life Reinsurers: AM Best’s Latest Ranking
Munich Re still holds the top spot on AM Best's annual ranking of global reinsurance groups but Hannover Re took the No. 2 position in a ranking based solely on non-life reinsurance premium volume. ...
Not Your Grandpa’s Hard Reinsurance Market; Profits Return, Discipline Stays
The current property-catastrophe reinsurance market is one of the hardest in decades—and very different from previous ones, a new AM Best report notes, also predicting that underwriting discipline ...
Severe Convective Storms Dominate Insured Natural Disaster Losses in H1: Swiss Re
Global natural catastrophes cost insurers $50 billion in the first half of 2023, (H1 2022: $48 billion), with most of the losses stemming from severe convective storms, ...
Global Natural Disasters Cost Insurers $43B in H1, Surpassing 10-Yr Average: Munich Re
Natural disasters during the first half of 2023 cost insurers an estimated $43 billion with an overall economic price tag of $110 billion, according to Munich Re.
Property/casualty insurers in the U.S. that focused on difficult-to-place risks distanced themselves from their peers in key metrics measuring earnings, underwriting ... Liberty Mutual Insurance announced major organizational changes and executive leadership appointments, which are aimed at enhancing its personal and small commercial ...
Guy Carp Analysis: Cyber Cat Model Results Diverge
Significant progress has been made in advancing vendor's cyber catastrophe models, but a notable degree of variability exists across model outputs, which can pose a challenge to insurance and ...
Specialty P/C Insurers Outperform Their U.S. Peers: Report
Liberty Mutual Announces Organizational Changes, Leading to 370 US Job Losses
Higher Reserving Uncertainties Could Sustain Hard Market Conditions: Report
Systemic shocks related to the recent pandemic, the war in Ukraine, natural catastrophe losses and elevated inflation have raised questions about reserve adequacy for property/casualty insurers, ...
Reinsurer Appetites for Cat Exposures Return at Midyear: Brokers
Capacity was more readily available during the midyear renewals, which brokers described as "orderly," in comparison to the turbulent January renewals. At the same time, prices saw some moderating ...