Will Next Big Nat Cat Turn Cycle? ‘Maybe’ Say Reinsurance CEOs May 31, 2011 By Charles E. Boyle The reinsurance world has always been a bit arcane, but rarely to the extent it appears to be right now....
Insurers Eye Rate Increases as Hurricane Season Approaches May 26, 2011 By Myles Neligan and Rachel Chintra Property and casualty insurers craving respite from a long-running drop in prices are eyeing the start of the U.S. hurricane...
NOAA Forecasts ‘Above Normal’ Atlantic Hurricane Season May 20, 2011 By Christopher Doering The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season will be “above normal”, spawning six to 10 hurricanes of which around half could become...
Weather Forecasters Agree on Active 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season April 27, 2011 Weather Service International [WSI] forecasters predicted an active 2011 Atlantic hurricane season Tuesday, with 15 named storms, eight of which...
S&P Puts 17 Cat Bonds on CreditWatch/Negative Due to RMS Model Change April 18, 2011 Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ratings on 17 natural peril catastrophe bonds (listed below) on CreditWatch with...
‘Above Average’ 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast April 7, 2011 The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season will be above average with nine hurricanes, five of them major, with a more than...
Japan Quake Reveals Cracks in Insurance System – Part II April 6, 2011 By Ben Berkowitz and Myles Neligan The first part of this article appeared on the IJ’s web site on April 5. PRICE PRESSURE Earthquakes may not...
Japan Quake Reveals Cracks in Insurance System – Part I April 5, 2011 By Ben Berkowitz and Myles Neligan Michael Korn is a popular person these days, which is perhaps not too surprising considering what he does for a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Extreme Weather Batters Insurance Industry February 9, 2011 By Ben Berkowitz In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing...
House Lets Stand Mississippi Gov. Barbour’s Veto of Windpool Funds January 7, 2011 The Mississippi House has failed to override a governor’s veto of legislation that would have placed a $20 million subsidy...