East Coast’s Insured Loss From Tropical Storm Fay to Tally Near $400 Million: KCC July 15, 2020 The insured loss from Tropical Storm Fay will be close to $400 million, according to catastrophe risk modeling firm Karen...
Insurers Continue to Cover Beach Resorts Despite Spate of Caribbean Hurricanes September 25, 2019 By Patrick Clark Frenchman’s Reef, the largest resort on St. Thomas, was smashed by Hurricane Irma, which breached roofs, caved in walls and...
AIR Tracks Growth of Coastal Exposures Over Past Decade August 6, 2019 The value of coastal exposures along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts have experienced a compound annual growth rate of about...
Ghost of Harvey Looms Large as 2019 Hurricane Season Gets Underway June 21, 2019 By Stephanie K. Jones Compared with 2017, last year’s hurricane season was a relatively quiet one for the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and...
Insurers, Reinsurers Can Handle Hurricane Michael Losses: Fitch October 12, 2018 The property/casualty re/insurance industry should be able to absorb the losses from Hurricane Michael, on top of losses from Hurricane...
2017 Hurricane Season Ranks as Costliest Ever for U.S. November 28, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan This year’s U.S. Atlantic hurricane season is officially the most expensive ever, racking up $202.6 billion in damages since the...
Berkshire Insurance Units Take Q3 Hit from U.S. Hurricanes, Mexico Earthquake November 6, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel Bad weather hurt Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in the third quarter, as insurance losses tied to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma...
Hurricanes Drive Q3 Loss for Liberty Mutual But ‘Fundamentals Remain Healthy’ November 3, 2017 Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Inc. reported a net loss of $665 million for the three nine months ended September 30,...
AIG Reports Q3 Loss on Commercial Lines Reserve Boost, Catastrophe Losses November 3, 2017 By Susanne Sclafane Highlighting the development as a “noteworthy item” in an earnings announcement Thursday night, American International Group reported prior-year loss reserve...
Not All Expect Hurricanes to Bring 2018 P/C Insurance Hard Market October 30, 2017 By Lily Katz The worst hurricane season in modern U.S. history is starting to look like a blip on the charts of insurance...