Earth Draws Closer to Climate Change Tipping Points After Another Year of Record Heat January 8, 2021 By Jonathan Tirone Another year of record-high heat punctuated a decade-long increase in global temperatures that has placed the Earth’s economies dangerously close...
Global Natural Catastrophes Cost $210 Billion in 2020: Munich Re January 7, 2021 Natural catastrophes around the world resulted in $210 billion in damage in 2020, with the United States especially hard hit...
Why World Bank’s Controversial Pandemic Bonds Didn’t Function as Hoped December 10, 2020 By Tracy Alloway and Tasos Vossos In late January 2015, just after the deadliest outbreak of Ebola in history, then-World Bank President Jim Yong Kim stood...
How to Address the Next Uninsurable Pandemic — A Black Swan Event December 9, 2020 By Lucca de Paoli, Katherine Chiglinsky and Benjamin Robertson There aren’t many contexts where $2 trillion seems like a paltry sum. Then a pandemic comes along. The economic fallout...
Munich Re to Halt Coverage for Events Canceled Due to Pandemics December 8, 2020 By Tom Sims German reinsurance group Munich Re will no longer insure against events canceled due to pandemics, a board member said on...
Munich Re Reports €800M of COVID-19-Related Losses During Q3 October 21, 2020 Munich Re reports approximately €800 million (US$935 million) in COVID-19-related losses in reinsurance during the third quarter. The losses were...
Munich Re Forms Partnership to Help Create ‘Pay-Per-Part’ Model for Manufacturers October 14, 2020 The TRUMPF Group and Munich Re Group are entering into a strategic partnership for a “pay-per-part” business model, which enables...
COVID-19 Crisis Renews Attention on Systemic (Uninsurable) Risks September 30, 2020 By L.S. Howard Reinsurers and insurers for years have been worried about systemic risks – those uninsurable risks with the potential of surpassing...
Catastrophe Losses Driven Higher by Secondary Perils – And Climate Change September 23, 2020 By L.S. Howard Secondary perils, exacerbated by climate change, are driving catastrophe insurance losses, warn a growing chorus of reinsurers and brokers. Indeed,...
Next Funding Round for Next Insurance May Double Insurtech’s Valuation to $2.25 Billion September 20, 2020 By Gillian Tan and Katie Roof Next Insurance is in talks to raise new capital in a round that values the insurance technology startup at about...