China’s Ping An Profit Drops 24% as Pandemic Deals Blow to Business May 3, 2022 By Bloomberg News Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China’s largest insurer by market value, said profit fell 24% and warned that outbreaks of...
Just 3% of White Collar Workers Want to Return Full-Time to Their Offices: Survey February 15, 2022 By William Shaw Just 3% of white collar workers want to return to the office five days a week, according to a poll...
Threat of War in Ukraine Biggest Risk for Insurers of Beijing Winter Olympics February 4, 2022 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn The threat of war between Russia and Ukraine is the biggest risk for insurers offering coverage during the Beijing Winter...
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...
COVID-19 Claims of $44B Are 3rd Largest Catastrophe Loss: Howden January 4, 2022 Insured losses of $44 billion from COVID-19 so far represent the third largest cost to insurers of any catastrophe, behind...
As COVID Spread, European P/C Insurers Took Hits but Remained Resilient: AM Best November 29, 2021 European property/casualty insurers faced a dip in total average gross written premium and after-tax profit in 2020, but their regulatory...
Zurich Insurance Reports Strong Surge in Earnings as COVID-19 Impact Eases August 12, 2021 Zurich Insurance Group’s on Thursday joined other big European insurers in reporting a strong rebound in earnings as the impact...
Update: Allianz Warns Earnings Could Be Hurt by U.S. Investigation into Funds August 2, 2021 By Stephan Kahl and Sara Marley Allianz SE warned of a potentially material hit to its earnings after the U.S. Justice Department opened a probe into...
Reinsurers Show Strong Profits During 2nd Half, Rebounding from 2020’s Challenges July 30, 2021 By L.S. Howard The first half financial results, reported by a group of six reinsurers over the past week, generally show a strong...
UK’s Q2 Auto Insurance Premiums Drop to Lowest Level Since Early 2016: Survey July 21, 2021 The cost of a comprehensive car insurance policy in Britain fell 12% in the second quarter to its lowest level...