Can China Shield the Biggest Uninsured Economy From Floods? December 19, 2024 By Coco Liu The rivers and canals that meander through Hemudu in southeastern China are a vital source of life and community —...
Australian Pensions Industry Boosts Investments in Natural Catastrophe Reinsurance August 12, 2024 By Amy Bainbridge The risks from the growing number of natural disasters offer Australia’s largest pension funds a chance to boost returns. Colonial...
Reinsurers Including AIG’s Validus Await Hurricane Michael Claims October 11, 2018 By Katherine Chiglinsky American International Group Inc.’s Brian Duperreault spent his first year as chief executive officer on a rebuilding effort, and his...
Lloyd’s Market Urged to Use Oasis Open-Source Cat Models for Wider Risk View April 28, 2016 Lloyd’s managing agents should take full advantage of Oasis, the open source catastrophe modeling platform, in order to get wider...
Catastrophe Exposure Grows with Selective Use of Alternative Capital: A.M. Best April 20, 2016 Insurers in the London, Europe and Bermuda markets writing catastrophe-exposed business take a different approach to retention of risk at...
Capital Adequacy Is Key Strength of Reinsurers in Difficult Market: S&P February 22, 2016 By L.S. Howard Strength of capital and good enterprise risk management are two of the main reasons the global reinsurance industry will be...
Guy Carpenter Execs Discuss Reinsurance Trends at Rendez-Vous Panel September 14, 2015 Challenging market conditions due to abundant capacity, the ongoing influx of new capital and limited loss experience, continue to put...
Reinsurers Expect Continued Downward Pressure on Pricing During 2016 September 14, 2015 By Sarah Jones The world’s largest reinsurers and brokers see little relief in pricing in 2016 amid a relentless influx of alternative capital...
A.M. Best: Reinsurance Sector Faces New Reality Shaped by Abundant Capacity September 3, 2015 The reinsurance market is operating in a new reality of abundant capacity from traditional and alternative sources, low interest rates...
Fitch: Downward Pricing Pressures in Reinsurance Market Begin to Slow August 25, 2015 The reinsurance market showed signs of decelerating rate declines in its most recent June/July 2015 renewals, indicating that pricing could...