Big Data Gathered by Twitter Monitoring Could Cut Premiums – and Erode Privacy October 24, 2016 By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi When people take to Twitter to comment on the great evening they enjoyed with good food and wonderful friends, reducing...
Western Insurers Slowly Re-Enter Deals with Iran – a Market Valued at $9B October 21, 2016 By Jonathan Saul and Carolyn Cohn Western insurers are slowly reaching deals with Iran as they seek to re-enter a multi-billion dollar market although the pace...
More Insurers Disclosing Climate Change Risks, Report Shows October 20, 2016 By Don Jergler Insurers in the U.S. are increasingly willing to disclose their risk management practices related to climate change, and that in...
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions & Bradesco Seguros Agree to Form Brazilian Large-Risk Insurer October 13, 2016 Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Ltd. and Rio de Janeiro-based Bradesco Seguros S.A.* have signed definitive agreements under which Bradesco Seguros...
Oklahoma Quake Insured Costs Uncertain; Swiss Re Suggests New Products Needed September 13, 2016 By Stephanie K. Jones Damage estimates of insured losses from the earthquake that hit Pawnee, Okla., in the north central part of the state...
Is This the Bottom of Reinsurance Cycle? Opinions Vary at Rendez-Vous September 13, 2016 By L.S. Howard It may be wishful thinking – but some major reinsurers are hoping the bottom of the reinsurance cycle is at...
‘Game Changing’ Climate Disclosure Guidelines Coming Soon September 8, 2016 By Don Jergler A global task force’s efforts to create new disclosure guidelines for the world’s financial industry – including insurers in the...
Soft Prices May Bring Reinsurer Losses when Typical Cat Levels Return: Execs August 23, 2016 By Oliver Suess and Jan-Henrik Förster It won’t take another Hurricane Katrina for reinsurers to face losses from covering the cost of storms and earthquakes. Competitors...
Natural Catastrophes Drive Global Insured Losses to $31B in H1: Swiss Re’s Sigma August 18, 2016 Global insured losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters during the first half of 2016 reached US$31 billion, or 44...
Swiss Re Names Madzinga to Lead Reinsurance in Middle East and Africa August 12, 2016 Swiss Re announced the appointment of Tavaziva (“Tava”) Madzinga as its new reinsurance managing director & market executive for Middle...