March 25, 2015
Swiss Re has just released its sigma report on catastrophe losses for 2014, which confirms that total global economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters were around $110 billion, compared to global insured losses of about $35 billion, which …
October 24, 2014
Calmer weather, rate increases, high account retention and lower expenses powered The Chubb Corp. to a what the firm’s CEO said was an “outstanding” third quarter. The New Jersey-based insurer reported that net income in the third quarter of 2014 …
July 23, 2014
Insured losses from global natural disasters during the six-month period ending June 30, 2014 reached $22 billion. That compares to $27 billion in the first half of 2013 and is approximately 19 percent below the 10-year average of $27 billion, …