Did Big Data Enable Lloyd’s to Predict France’s World Cup Win? Well, Maybe… July 16, 2018 By L.S. Howard Ahead of the recent World Cup in Russia, Lloyd’s of London predicted that France would be victorious. And victorious they...
Major Growth Plans Ahead for Schinnerer Group – Now Rebranded as ‘Victor’ June 18, 2018 By L.S. Howard Big changes are ahead at The Schinnerer Group, a managing general underwriter (MGU), which is getting a new name –...
Engineering Insurance Results Deteriorate but Better Times Could Be Ahead: Swiss Re June 14, 2018 By L.S. Howard Underwriting performance in global engineering insurance has deteriorated over recent years – on declining premiums and rising claims in some...
Profile: Major Growth Plans Ahead for Schinnerer Group – Now Rebranded as ‘Victor’ June 7, 2018 By L.S. Howard Big changes are ahead at The Schinnerer Group, a managing general underwriter (MGU), which is getting a new name –...
Insurance Flipsides: Countering the Industry’s Negative Perception Problem May 10, 2018 By L.S. Howard The editors at Wells Media have long noticed that the insurance industry is viewed rather negatively by “civilians” – your...
Generali to Sell Belgian Operations to Athora Holding for $668.3M in Cash April 19, 2018 By L.S. Howard Italy’s Generali has agreed to sell its Belgian operations to Athora Holding Ltd. for approximately €540 million ($668.3 million) in...
Reinsurance Capacity Remains Abundant for Mid-Year Renewals: Aon Benfield April 18, 2018 By L.S. Howard Global reinsurer capital continued to rise in 2017, despite the US$136 billion in insured losses from natural catastrophes last year,...
Octo Telematics’ Execs to Buy 20% of Russian Shareholder Stake, Paving Way for IPO April 13, 2018 By L.S. Howard Italy’s Octo Telematics announced that its chairman and chief executive have signed a binding agreement to purchase 20 percent of...
Non-Catastrophe Losses, Natural Disasters Take Toll on Lloyd’s Market in 2017 April 2, 2018 By L.S. Howard The Lloyd’s market’s pre-tax loss of £2 billion (US$2.8 billion) in 2017 was partly due to hurricanes and wildfires in...
Attritional Losses Take Their Toll at Lloyd’s, Along with 2017’s Natural Catastrophes March 23, 2018 By L.S. Howard The Lloyd’s market’s pre-tax loss of £2 billion (US$2.8 billion) in 2017 was partly due to hurricanes and wildfires in...