8 Reinsurers Provide $897M Cover for Lloyd’s Central Fund with Aon as Placing Broker June 21, 2021 Lloyd’s announced the marketplace has secured a five-year £650 million ($897 million) reinsurance cover for its Central Fund—a move that...
Major Reinsurers Look to Exclude Coal from Treaty Policies, as Climate Pressure Grows June 17, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn and Simon Jessop Major reinsurers have already pulled back from providing bespoke cover for coal projects as part of efforts to meet global...
COVID Crisis Cuts Global Macro Resilience, Raises Insurance Protection Gap: Swiss Re June 16, 2021 By L.S. Howard The COVID-19 crisis reduced overall global macro resilience – or the ability of societies to absorb shocks – by 18%...
Failure of Many ‘Zombie’ Companies Likely to Keep Insurance Rates Rising: Swiss Re June 8, 2021 By Alwyn Scott The expectation that hundreds of so-called zombie companies will fail over the next few years and drag on the economy...
Canada Faces Mega-Hurricanes if Climate Change Pushes Storms North: Swiss Re Warns May 21, 2021 By Danielle Bochove Climate change is making hurricanes bigger and stronger, and it may soon push them farther north. Yet Canada’s homeowners, businesses...
Swiss Re Scores Profit Despite COVID Death Claims, Catastrophe Losses May 3, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Swiss Re reported consolidated net income of USD 333 million in the first quarter of 2021, despite heightened losses in...
Climate Change Could Cut Global GDP by 18% by 2050 – If Nothing Is Done: Swiss Re April 22, 2021 If nothing is done to combat climate change, global temperatures could rise by 3.2°C within the next 30 years, shrinking...
Alaska Wary of ‘California Style’ Blackouts; Study Assesses Global Hailstorm Trends April 1, 2021 By Don Jergler Alaska could face “California-style” blackouts as climate change increases the state’s wildfire risk. That’s according to an article this week...
Global Insurers Paid $89 Billion for Natural, Manmade Disasters in 2020: Swiss Re March 30, 2021 By L.S. Howard Natural and man-made catastrophes cost the insurance industry US$89 billion in 2020, in the fifth costliest year since 1970, according...
Swiss Re Announces Net-Zero Climate Targets in Underwriting, Investments March 16, 2021 Swiss Re announced new measures to support the transition to a net-zero economy by 2050, which encompass re/insurance underwriting, asset...