Attempting to predict the future, rather than imagining possible versions of it, may have blinded risk analysts to the likelihood...
International & Reinsurance News
Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corp., in the UK, has been appointed the global insurance...
A new special report, compiled by A.M. Best, concludes that the string of major catastrophes, a persistent soft market and...
French reinsurer SCOR is set to pay $913 million for most of Dutch insurer Aegon’s Transamerica Reinsurance operations. When concluded,...
Somali pirates have freed a Greek-owned, Cyprus-flagged ship they seized in January after receiving a ransom payment, the pirates and...
Japan will send nearly 25,000 soldiers backed by boats and aircraft into its disaster zone Monday on an intensive land-and-sea...
The first quarter of 2011 reminded the insurance industry of just how unpredictable natural catastrophes can be. Beazley plc, which...
Germany’s Allianz has reconfirmed its commitment to catastrophe bonds, as a useful and generally accepted method of transferring a certain...
A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘A’ (Excellent) from ‘A- ‘(Excellent) and issuer credit ratings...
Boston-based financial research and consulting firm Celent, a part of Oliver Wyman and ultimately a division of MarshMac, has announced...