Risk & Capital Management
Top Corporate Risks: Allianz Risk Barometer 2015
Business interruption and supply chain risk, natural catastrophes, and fire/explosion top the list of company risks in 2015, according to the fourth annual Allianz Risk Barometer, which surveyed more ...
Verisk: Cat Bond Issuance Hit Record Levels for Second Year in a Row
For the second year in a row, catastrophe bond issuance has hit record levels, an annual tally from the Property Claim Services unit of Verisk Insurance Solutions has concluded. Bond levels reached ...
FIO Report on Global Reinsurance Industry Released
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office released a report outlining the role the global reinsurance industry plays in the U.S. insurance industry late last year. The report, ...
Cat Modelers Look to Clarify Cost of Cyber Risk
Even as the Sony Corp. cyber attack laid bare the kinds of vulnerabilities that typically drive companies to buy insurance policies, the lack of a risk model for insurers means such protection is not ...
RMS Reflects on the 2014 Catastrophe Risk Landscape
For the insurance industry, 2014 was not a year of big losses. However, look more closely and you will see a string of near misses and important reminders of the forces that can wreak destruction and ...
Challenges for Foreign Investors: Marsh’s 2015 Political Risk Map
Falling oil prices, rising geopolitical tensions and separatist movements topped the list of challenges facing direct foreign investors, according to Marsh's 2015 Political Risk Map and report. The ...
Aon Benfield Cites 2014 as Record for Property Catastrophe Bond Issuance
Total property catastrophe bond issuance for 2014 stood at $8.03 billion as of Dec. 12, a new record for annual insurance-linked securities, Aon Benfield Securities said. That new milestone hit with ...
Specialty Insurer James River Raises $231M in IPO
James River Group Holdings Ltd., the specialty insurer backed by hedge fund company D.E. Shaw & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., raised $231 million in an initial public offering, pricing its ...