German insurer Allianz expects the technology underpinning virtual currency bitcoin to encourage trading in catastrophe bonds, which transfer the risk...
Articles by Jonathan Gould
Europe’s top insurers are selling protection to German banks that hoard billions of euros of cash in vaults to avoid...
German reinsurer Hannover Re will focus on boosting earnings rather than premiums this year and may pay out more special...
Insurers paid out around $27 billion for natural disaster claims last year with weather causing 94 percent of incidents, underscoring...
The return of banks into the European infrastructure market is denting insurers’ ability to enhance their investment returns by funding...
Politicians must act to cap global warming when they meet at a United Nations summit at the end of the...
Some takeovers in the reinsurance industry by investors from outside the sector may ultimately be viewed as “adventuresome,” the chief...
Major reinsurers like Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re are looking to new markets and selling more cover to existing...
A prolonged decline in global reinsurance prices is spurring merger moves in the sector, with many executives attending next week’s...
Insurance claims from the devastating explosions at the Chinese port of Tianjin last week could exceed initial estimates and strain...