Specialty
Third Point’s Loeb Won’t Take SiriusPoint Private
Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb is no longer exploring a potential acquisition of SiriusPoint Ltd SPNT.N, according to a regulatory filing on Friday, a month after disclosing his interest in taking ...
Berkshire’s Jain on GEICO Profit: ‘Don’t Take It to the Bank’; Tech Needs Rebuild
Even though Berkshire Hathaway's GEICO achieved a 93 first-quarter combined ratio, an enviable result measured against industry peers, the leader of Berkshire's insurance operations said the figure ...
Beazley: Business Leaders Need to Focus on Long-Term Climate Change Mitigation Plans
The future of climate change risk management is set to change due to the confluence of natural catastrophes, evolving regulation and increased media scrutiny, according to a new environmental report ...
What to Expect: WTW Spring Commercial Insurance Forecasts Mixed
In striking contrast to last year's double-digit rate hikes for public directors and officers liability insurance and 100-200 percent jumps for cyber coverage, some buyers renewing those coverages ...
D&O Prices Plummeting: Record-Level Q1 Drop for Decade
The year-over-year decline in D&O insurance prices for the first quarter of 2023 is greater than any prior drop over a comparable period in more than a decade, historical information presented in ...
Canopius Has Management Shake-Up With 3 Execs Exiting
Canopius Group, the London-based global specialty re/insurer, has had a management shake-up, with three executives exiting the company.
Claim Professionals’ Perspective: D&O Market Correction Coming
The current directors and officers market is out of balance with insurers facing a soft underwriting landscape just as the volume and severity of claims are rising. The head-scratching imbalance was ...
Different Works: RLI Posts Sub-80 First-Quarter Combined Ratio—Again
As property/casualty insurers preannounce catastrophe loss estimates that will dent first-quarter 2023 bottom lines almost daily, RLI Corp. reported a 68 property combined ratio with a 50 percent ...
Courts Mixed on PFAS Coverage Litigation
A handful of coverage lawsuits have been decided over the application of pollution exclusions to deny coverage for PFAS claims, and rulings have been split on whether ...