Taiwan’s Watchdog Says Insurers Have Enough Capital to Withstand COVID Claim Surge October 21, 2022 By Cindy Wang, Argin Chang and Krystal Chia Taiwan’s insurance industry has buffered itself against surging COVID claims after raising capital, the head of the island’s market regulator...
Reinsurer SCOR Reports H1 Loss of €239M Blamed on Ukraine War, Natural Disasters July 28, 2022 By L.S. Howard Reinsurer SCOR reported a first half loss attributed to the war in Ukraine, natural catastrophes and the severe drought in...
Global Life Insurers Adapt Pandemic Risk Models After Unexpected Jump in Claims January 13, 2022 By Carolyn Cohn and Noor Zainab Hussain A coronavirus pandemic which lasts five years, another pandemic in a decade, and ever more transmissible variants are among the...
U.S. P/C Insurers Report 2020 Underwriting Profits Despite Costs of COVID-19: Fitch April 12, 2021 Despite considerable operating challenges in 2020 from the global COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurers saw a statutory underwriting profit...
Insurers Don’t Have Capacity to Handle Systemic Pandemic Risk: Generali CEO March 4, 2021 MILAN – Europe’s insurance industry doesn’t have the capacity to deal with the systemic risk of a pandemic and more...
AXA Reports 18% Drop in Net Income During 2020 with COVID Claims of $1.8 Billion February 25, 2021 AXA reported net income of €3.16 billion (US$3.8 billion) during 2020, an 18% drop from €3.86 billion (US$4.7 billion) in...
Irish Regulator Presses Insurers to Pay COVID-19 Claims Following Court Ruling February 12, 2021 By Padraic Halpin Ireland’s central bank governor told insurers to urgently honor and pay valid claims related to COVID-19 disruption, following a successful...
New Group Launched for Senior Claims Managers in London Insurance Market December 22, 2020 A new group for senior claims managers in the London insurance market has been established by the International Underwriting Association...
Global COVID-19 Insurance Losses to Be Higher than Early Estimates: Lloyd’s Chairman November 19, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn Global insurance losses from the COVID-19 pandemic will be higher this year than the $107 billion Lloyd’s of London had...
Zurich Insurance Reports Sales Growth, Higher Rates, Modest COVID-19 Claims November 12, 2020 Zurich Insurance Group saw increased commercial lines insurance sales and a modest impact from COVID-19 related claims for the first...