Hedge Funds Rake in Huge Profits Betting on Catastrophe Risk January 22, 2024 By Gautam Naik and Sheryl Tian Tong Lee For hedge funds, the science of catastrophes helped generate the best returns of any alternative investment strategy last year. The...
Secondary Perils Drive Global Insured Losses to Estimated $123B in 2023: Gallagher Re January 18, 2024 Non-peak (secondary) perils and record-setting weather and climate events drove global insured losses from natural catastrophes to an estimated $123...
Insured Losses From Severe Convective Storms in US Top $50B for 1st Time: Aon October 20, 2023 By L.S. Howard Insured losses from severe convective storms in the United States continued to increase during the third quarter, surpassing the $50...
Insured Losses From Natural Catastrophes Set to Top $100 Billion for 3rd Year in a Row August 22, 2023 By Tom Metcalf and Marion Halftermeyer Claims for weather-related incidents are set to exceed $100 billion for the third year in a row, as floods, hail...
Demex Raises $5M to Bolster Its Stop-Loss Reinsurance Solutions for Secondary Perils August 16, 2023 The Demex Group, the Washington, D.C.-based managing general agent (MGA) that offers stop-loss protection for secondary perils, announced it has...
Rising Costs of Secondary Perils Force Reinsurers to Require Higher Attachment Points January 31, 2023 By L.S. Howard Economic and insured losses from secondary perils from natural catastrophes are accelerating and surpassing the loss totals from primary perils,...
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...
Global Natural Disasters Cost Insurers $99B in Q3, With Economic Losses of $227B: Aon October 21, 2022 Global natural disaster events to the end of Q3 2022 caused total economic losses estimated minimally at $227 billion –...
Floods, Storms Drive Global Insured Catastrophe Losses of US$38B in H1 2022: Swiss Re August 2, 2022 A series of winter storms in Europe, record floods in Australia and South Africa as well as a high number...
Global Insurance Rates Continue to Moderate in Q1 – With the Exception of Cyber April 28, 2022 Global commercial insurance prices rose 11% in the first quarter of 2022, marking the fifth consecutive reduction in rate increases...