Why Snow, Hail and Wildfire Are Expensive for Insurance Industry August 17, 2021 By Leslie Kaufman If you’re having trouble wrapping your mind around the spree of natural catastrophes currently plaguing the world—from deadly July floods...
P/C Insurers Need to Hike Key Commercial Rates Even More: A.M. Best April 19, 2021 The environment for many of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurers lines remains competitive despite the need for rate increases for...
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,...
Secondary Perils Drive Global Insured Catastrophe Losses of $31B During H1: Swiss Re August 12, 2020 Global insured property losses from disasters were US$31 billion in the first half of 2020, up from US$23 billion during...
Insured Losses in 2019 Estimated at $56B, Down from $93B Last Year: Swiss Re December 20, 2019 Global insured losses in 2019 dropped to an estimated US$56 billion, from US$93 billion in 2018 and below the annual...
Re/insurers Rethink Climate Change Risks as Losses Grow from Wildfires, Floods, Hail September 20, 2019 By Lena Masri By the time David Kaisel got back from selling his flour at a farmers’ market, a wildfire in California’s Capay...
Insurance Industry Must Wake Up to Costs of ‘Secondary’ Catastrophe Perils: Swiss Re April 12, 2019 By L.S. Howard The insurance industry must wake up to the growing cost of “secondary” catastrophe perils, which amounted to more than 60...