Global Disease Resurgence in 2024 Shows Rising Health Threat December 27, 2024 By Karoline Kan Some infectious diseases saw a huge surge in 2024, with the spread attributed in part to climate change, declining vaccination...
European Insurers’ Fundamentals Resilient to Moderating Premium Rates, Falling Yields December 19, 2024 By Sabine Bauer and Manuel Arrivé European insurers approached the new year from a position of strength, having benefited from supportive interest rates and pricing cycles...
Future Pandemic Could Cause $13.6 Trillion in Economic Losses Over 5 Years: Lloyd’s December 11, 2024 Another human pandemic could cause economic losses of $13.6 trillion for the global economy over a five-year period, commercial insurance...
Quantifying Social Inflation: How Swiss Re Developed an Index December 11, 2024 By Susanne Sclafane Swiss Re Institute (SRI) made a significant contribution to the literature on social inflation and its impacts on insurers, reinsurers...
Insurers’ Climate Losses Almost Match Premiums From Fossil Fuels December 10, 2024 By Gautam Naik Top insurance companies suffered $10.6 billion of climate-attributed losses this year, just shy of the $11.3 billion of direct premiums...
Global Temperature Set to Surpass 1.5C Threshold in Hottest Year on Record December 9, 2024 By Olivia Rudgard This year is “effectively certain” to be the warmest on record with temperatures climbing above a closely watched threshold for...
UK Issues Red Warning as Storm Darragh Brings Hurricane-Strength Winds December 6, 2024 By William Mathis and Eamon Akil Farhat Storm Darragh has triggered a red weather warning for the west coast of Wales and the Bristol Channel on Saturday,...
Insured Losses From Natural Disasters Top US$100B for 5th Consecutive Year: Swiss Re December 6, 2024 By L.S. Howard Estimated insured losses from natural catastrophes are on track to surpass US$100 billion in 2024 – for the fifth consecutive...
Ivans Index Shows Most Commercial Lines Renewal Rates Up in November December 5, 2024 Most major commercial lines premium renewal rates were higher month over month, except general liability, which remained consistent with October...
AM Best Revises Outlook for US Personal Lines Insurance Segment to ‘Stable’ December 2, 2024 AM Best has revised its outlook to stable from negative for the U.S. personal lines insurance segment for 2025, citing...