Risk & Capital Management
MetLife Wants Delay on ‘Too-Big-To-Fail’ Case as Trump Reviews FSOC
MetLife Inc. is asking a U.S. court to put on pause a case over how the government deems certain companies "too big to fail," one of the most significant reforms to come out of the financial crisis, ...
Meteorologists: Signs Suggest 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Will be Normal
Most meteorologists forecast the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season will be less active than a year ago, with the number of named storms and hurricanes near average. A few meteorologists, however, expect ...
Market Pressures Rise for Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers: A.M. Best
Bermuda market insurers and reinsurers are beginning to experience lower profits, a deterioration in both return on equity and combined ratio as well as the drying up of favorable reserve ...
Lloyd’s 2016 Underwriting Profit Takes Hit From Higher Natural Catastrophe Losses
Lloyd's reported 2016 pretax profit of £2.1 billion pounds ($2.6 billion). That's level with 2015, despite a worsening of the market's combined ratio at 97.9 percent, compared with 90.0 percent in ...
Global Insured Disaster Loss Events Climbed 43% in 2016: Swiss Re
Global insured losses from disaster events hit $54 billion in 2016, up 43 percent from the previous year, as countries around the world dealt with earthquakes, storms, floods, wildfires and other ...
Confusing, Costly Cyber Policies Create Obstacles to Market Growth: Deloitte
Despite the rising profile of cyber risks, buyers have failed to widely embrace cyber coverage. At the same time, insurers generally have remained cautious about writing the coverage on a large-scale ...
Too-Big-to-Fail Rule Under Attack From House Republicans
Congressional Republicans are taking aim at the regulatory process through which some financial institutions become subject to heightened regulation because they are deemed too big to fail. In a ...
Kemper CEO Says 2016 Results Reflect ‘Substantial Progress’
Catastrophe losses and higher personal auto expenses led, in part, to a sizable drop in net income for Kemper Corp. in 2016. In Q4, the insurer saw those numbers improve compared to the previous ...