Risk & Capital Management
InsurTech Startups Click2Sure, Jooycar, Attract New Financing
Greenlight Capital Re has invested in another startup, this time a digital insurance platform launched in South Africa. Miami-based private equity firm HCS Capital Partners said it has committed ...
Reputational Risk: A Strategic Element
A company's reputation cannot be seen, touched or assigned a balance sheet value. It is a perception, a feeling that keeps customers coming back and bringing others if the experience is that good. ...
FEMA Chief Calls for a Natural Disaster Preparation Focus on Insurance and ‘Resilience’
Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long angrily criticized the failure of citizens to heed evacuation warnings and leaders to better prepare for natural disasters such as ...
Runoff Firm Catalina Raises $700M; RenRe, Apollo Become Shareholders
Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., a legacy runoff property and casualty re/insurance specialist, announced it has raised $700 million in equity capital and concluded its shareholder restructuring ...
Excess Capacity Is Keeping London Market Insurers’ Profits Under Pressure: Fitch
The profitability of London market and Lloyd's insurers is expected to remain under pressure in 2018, despite the fact that rates improved slightly following the catastrophe losses in the second ...
As Hurricane Michael Hits, a Look Back at September’s Natural Catastrophes
September was a tough month for the United States in terms of tropical cyclones, and sites around the world faced tsunamis, typhoons and earthquakes. The United States dealt with two over the 30-day ...
As Hurricane Florence Approaches, Cat Bond Traders Are Trying to Understand Storm’s Risk
Catastrophe-bond investors are trying to assess the potential fallout from Hurricane Florence and whether they're in store for painful losses. If the storm's path of destruction -- which is aimed at ...
Insurers Brace for Significant Hurricane Florence Catastrophe Losses
U.S. insurers are bracing for what could be $20 billion in losses as Hurricane Florence barrels toward the Carolinas and Virginia, bringing punishing rains and potentially deadly flooding. Hurricane ...