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...
Cat Bond Investors Not Scared Off by Japan Quake May 16, 2011 By Sarah Mortimer The catastrophe bond market seems to have survived the Japanese earthquake, its biggest test since the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, with...
Best Downgrades Universal Casualty; Other Kingsway Subs under Review May 2, 2011 A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘D’ (Poor) from ‘B-‘ (Fair) and issuer credit rating...
Aon Benfield Says Q1 Cat Losses Expected to Raise Facultative Rates April 22, 2011 Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp, has released the latest edition of its “Fac...
Munich Re Ups Dividend, Comments on Impact of 2011 Disasters April 21, 2011 By Charles E. Boyle Munich Re’s annual general meeting (AGM) produced some good news for the shareholders of the world’s largest reinsurer. It announced...