Claims & Reserving
Chubb Estimates $585M in Q4 Pretax Cat Losses
Chubb disclosed an estimated $585 million in net catastrophe pretax losses for the 2018 fourth quarter, stemming mostly from storms and wildfires. After tax, those catastrophe losses totaled $505 ...
Hedge Fund Baupost Reported to Hold $1 Billion in PG&E Insurance Claims
Seth Klarman's Baupost Group has been the poster child of the hedge fund industry's ill-timed stock-market bets on the troubled utility PG&E Corp., which announced plans for bankruptcy. It turns ...
Failure to Reduce Climate Change Is Among Top Global Risks: WEF
The risk that global efforts to tackle climate change will fail has risen despite concerns about powerful storms, floods, and droughts, a survey released by the World Economic Forum said on ...
‘Potentially Crushing’ Wildfire Liabilities Force California Utility to Prepare Bankruptcy Filing
PG&E Corp, owner of the biggest U.S. power utility by number of customers, said on Monday it is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for all of its businesses as it faces potentially ...
Brexit Uncertainty Leads to Shrinking Demand for Britain’s Financial Sector
Uncertainty over Brexit and the economy have led demand for Britain's financial services to shrink for the first time in five years, with no immediate sign of an improvement, a survey by business ...
Iran Suspected Culprit Behind Hack Attacks on Govt., Communications Infrastructure
Cyber attackers in Iran could be behind a wave of hacks on government and communications infrastructure that will require a coordinated global response to repel, according to cybersecurity firm ...
An El Niño Seems Likely to Emerge This Spring
There is a 65 percent chance of an El Niño weather pattern emerging during the northern hemisphere spring this year, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. "However, given the timing ...
Insurers Spent One Dollar in Four on Forest Fires Through 2018: Munich Re
Forest fires are becoming increasingly likely because of climate change and costing insurers more than ever, with the deadly fire that ravaged northern California the single most expensive natural ...