Global insurance premiums continued to rise in 2017 with emerging markets leading the way, according to a study published by...
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Underwriting performance in global engineering insurance has deteriorated over recent years – on declining premiums and rising claims in some...
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes were US$144 billion in 2017, the highest-ever recorded in a single year, according to...

Global insured losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in the first half of 2017 totaled US$23 billion, while economic...
Insured losses from disasters rose 42 percent to $54 billion last year, according to Swiss Re. That’s the highest since...
Despite increased awareness of rapidly evolving cyber threats, relatively few corporations have integrated cyber security into their mainstream risk management...
More than 10,000 people died as a result of natural and man-made disasters during 2016, with financial losses totaling at...
Despite a challenging business environment and global trade slowdown in 2015, global direct premiums written grew by 3.8 percent in...
Insurance payouts from the chemical blasts at the Chinese Port of Tianjin last year could total up to $3.5 billion,...

The underinsurance of property risk – particularly natural catastrophe risks – has risen steadily over the past 40 years, even...