Ship Reinsurers to Cease Covering War-Related Risks Related to Conflict in Ukraine December 16, 2022 By Steven Arons, Áine Quinn and Alex Longley Some of the biggest names in ship reinsurance are days away from ceasing to cover key war-related risks for vessels...
Kuczinski to Retire as CEO of Munich Re US P&C Companies December 15, 2022 Munich Reinsurance America Inc. announced the retirement of Anthony J. Kuczinski as chief executive officer of Munich Re US P&C...
Hurricane Ian Drives Global Insured Losses of $115B From Natural Disasters: Swiss Re December 1, 2022 By L.S. Howard Hurricane Ian and other natural catastrophes, such as European winter storms, floods in Australia and hailstorms in France and the...
Re/Insurers Grapple With How to Respond to Claims From Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts October 25, 2022 By Jonathan Saul and Carolyn Cohn With the mystery of the blasts that destroyed undersea gas pipelines between Russia and Germany unsolved, Nord Stream 1’s insurers...
People Moves: Munich Re’s Blunck to Succeed Jeworrek Who Is Stepping Down; Lloyd’s Market Association Appoints 3 New Board Members October 20, 2022 The Supervisory Board of Munich Re has appointed Dr. Thomas Blunck (age 57) as the chair of the Reinsurance Committee...
Munich Re Commits to Stricter Policies for Oil & Gas Underwriting, Investments October 7, 2022 Munich Re, the world’s largest reinsurer, on Thursday announced stricter policies for investing in and underwriting oil and gas projects,...
Munich Re Keeps No. 1 Spot in Ranking of 50 Global Reinsurers, With Swiss Re at No. 2 August 17, 2022 Munich Re for the second-straight year holds the top spot in AM Best’s annual ranking of the Top 50 Global...
Munich Re’s Profit Slumps as It Takes $1 Billion Hit to Investment Portfolio August 9, 2022 By Stephan Kahl Munich Re’s profit slumped as the reinsurer took a hit of almost $1 billion to its investment portfolio in a...
Global Natural Disasters Cost Insurers $34 Billion in H1 2022: Munich Re July 28, 2022 Global natural disasters during the first half of 2022 cost insurers about US$34 billion, which covered a little more than...
People Moves: Verisk Promotes Rayner to President of Specialty Business Solutions; Munich Re Appoints 2 Senior Leaders for Singapore and SE Asia July 1, 2022 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Verisk and Munich Re. A summary of these new hires follows...