Medical Professional Liability Insurance Market Improves but Still Unprofitable June 14, 2022 The U.S. medical professional liability insurance (MPLI) market saw an improvement in financial performance in 2021 but its combined ratio...
Natural Disasters, Ukraine War Weigh on Q1 Results of Europe’s Major Reinsurers May 16, 2022 By L.S. Howard Three out of four of the major European reinsurers reported their profits were negatively affected as a result of elevated...
S&P Global Heeds Warnings, Withdraws Proposal for Insurer-Rating Changes May 9, 2022 S&P Global Ratings said it is withdrawing a proposal to change the way it assesses risk-based capital adequacy for insurers...
Rapid Cyber Premium Growth by Fairfax, Tokio Marine Increased Share of Market May 9, 2022 By Chad Hemenway The top cyber insurance carriers in 2021 shifted to include Fairfax Financial Holdings and Tokio Marine U.S. as the marketplace...
Claims Inflation, Weakening Price Momentum Could Hit Reinsurer, London Mkt Profits April 21, 2022 The global reinsurance and London market sectors face increased risks from rising claims inflation, financial market volatility and weakening price...
EU’s Tweak to Sanctions Allows Some Aircraft Lessors to Sell Stranded Jets to Russia April 15, 2022 By Siddharth Philip and Alberto Nardelli An amendment to European Union sanctions last week created a potential path for some aircraft financiers to sell jets held...
Russia’s Seizure of Foreign Jets Triggers Wave of Insurance Claims From Leasing Firms March 24, 2022 By Siddharth Philip and Eliza Ronalds-Hannon Russia’s move to transfer almost 800 foreign-owned jets to its own aircraft register amid foreign sanctions has triggered a wave...
Aviation Re/insurers Face Claims as High as $10B From Planes Grounded in Russia March 22, 2022 Insurers and reinsurers could face claims as high as US$10 billion in a worst-case scenario due to the grounding of...
Financial Market Volatility From Russia-Ukraine War Likely to Affect European Insurers March 22, 2022 The Russia-Ukraine war is more likely to affect the European insurance sector through second-order financial market volatility than through direct...
Loss Experience Drives Prices During January Reinsurance Renewals: Fitch January 19, 2022 Loss-affected lines of business, such as property catastrophe in Europe, cyber or retrocession, continued to see significant price increases during...