A Return to Balance: Brokers Say Reinsurance Renewals Were ‘Stable’ January 3, 2024 By L.S. Howard This year’s January reinsurance renewals were described by brokers as “stable,” “predictable,” “orderly,” “calmer,” “disciplined,” with “increased appetites” and a...
Howden, Munich Re and Skyline Develop Parametric Cover for Jamaica Farmers May 2, 2022 Howden, the London-based insurance broker, has worked with Munich Re and Skyline Partners to develop a product that protects the...
Howden’s Data Analytics Unit, HX, Launches Insurance Market Information Platform July 1, 2021 HX, the data analytics and advisory division of London-based Howden Group Holdings, announced the launch of NOVA, a first of...
January Renewals Saw Some of Sharpest Price Hikes in Recent Years: Howden January 6, 2021 Lower investment yields, adverse catastrophe loss development, higher loss cost trends, concerns over climate change, and, of course, the pandemic...
The New Digital Normal and the Future of Work in Reinsurance October 6, 2020 By L.S. Howard It’s been said that necessity is the mother of invention. That proverb was illustrated perfectly during the insurance industry’s successful...
COVID-19 Crisis Reveals Contract Clarity Lessons, Digital Opportunities: Flandro September 15, 2020 By L.S. Howard In every crisis, lessons must be learned, but opportunities also are revealed. And so it goes with the COVID-19, which...
Guy Carpenter Forms New Division, Makes Post-JLT Merger Leadership Appointments January 17, 2019 Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Co. announced the formation of a new Global Capital Solutions Group as well as a...
Reinsurance Prices Drop – Despite 2018’s Big Natural Catastrophe Losses: JLT Re January 2, 2019 By Noor Zainab Hussain JLT Re’s global property-catastrophe reinsurance index fell 1.2 percent in Jan. 1 policy renewals, the broker said on Wednesday, dashing...
JLT Re Partners with Cyber Risk Modeling Platform, CyberCube July 13, 2018 JLT Re, the London-based reinsurance broker and consultancy, announced it has formed a partnership with CyberCube, the cyber risk modeling...
Natural Catastrophe Claims in 2017 Reached a Record $135B: Munich Re January 4, 2018 By L.S. Howard The insurance industry will pay record claims of US$135 billion from last year’s spate of natural catastrophes, according to a...