Zurich Exits Insurance Climate Alliance, Days After Munich Re April 6, 2023 By Alastair Marsh Zurich Insurance Group AG is leaving a coalition of major insurers that have committed to reach net-zero emissions, the second...
German Insurers Renew Cover for Blast-Damaged Nord Stream 1 Gas Pipeline April 4, 2023 By Jonathan Saul, Carolyn Cohn, Christoph Steitz and John O'Donnell German insurers Allianz and Munich Re have renewed cover for the damaged Russia-controlled Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, five sources...
Climate Activists Tell Insurance CEOs to Stop Covering Carbon Projects ‘Immediately’ March 28, 2023 A group of climate activists has called on 30 insurance company bosses to “immediately” stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects...
Reinsurance Recap: 2022 Results Mixed as Market Improves February 28, 2023 By L.S. Howard Full-year 2022 financial results, reported by a handful of international groups that write reinsurance, show mixed results in a market...
Earthquakes Deliver Another Blow to Turkey’s Re/Insurance Industry: Reports February 8, 2023 By L.S. Howard Two powerful earthquakes, which hit southeastern Turkey on Feb. 6, 2023, deliver another blow to the local re/insurance industry, according...
Cat Bond Investors Demand Higher Premiums as Weather Becomes More Extreme January 11, 2023 By Lucca de Paoli and Tasos Vossos Investors in the $35 billion catastrophe bond market are demanding the highest premiums in years to cover issuers against disasters,...
Hurricanes and Floods Bring $120B in 2022 Insurance Losses: Munich Re January 10, 2023 By Tom Sims and Alexander Hübner Hurricane Ian in the United States and floods and Australia helped to make 2022 one of the costliest years on...
Ship Insurers to Cancel War Risk Cover for Russia, Ukraine Following Reinsurer Exit December 28, 2022 By Carolyn Cohn and Jonathan Saul Ship insurers said they are canceling war risk cover across Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, following an exit from the region...
Insurers May Refuse to Cover Planes, Ships Exposed to Ukraine Conflict: Sources December 19, 2022 Insurers may refuse to cover planes flying to Ukraine or ships sailing through the Black Sea as reinsurers – who...
Munich Re to Launch Specialty Insurance Division December 16, 2022 Munich Re is launching a new division, called Global Specialty Insurance (GSI), which will be comprised of various primary insurance...