Italy to Require Companies Buy Insurance for Climate Risks December 3, 2024 By Gautam Naik Starting Jan. 1, every company in Italy must buy insurance to protect its assets from floods, landslides and other natural...
Global Non-Life Insurance Rates ‘Plateauing’ but Nat Cat Losses Delay Market Softening November 22, 2024 By L.S. Howard Global non-life premiums are expected to hit a decade-high growth level of 4.3% in 2024, following the repricing of risk...
Flood Adaptation Preferable to Post-Disaster Rebuilding – And Helps With Insurability November 19, 2024 By L.S. Howard Economic losses caused by natural catastrophes reached an estimated US$280 billion in 2023, with US$51.6 billion of that total due...
Swiss Re Execs Sleeping Well After $2.4 Billion Q3 Reserve Boost November 15, 2024 By Susanne Sclafane While a $2.4 billion boost in loss reserves for the third-quarter will help Swiss Re’s executives sleep better on a...
Swiss Re Cuts 2024 Profit Target After Raising US Reserves November 7, 2024 By Noele Illien Swiss Re AG said it was raising reserves in its US Property & Casualty business by $2.4 billion in the...
Swiss Re Agrees to Sell iptiQ’s European P&C Business to Allianz Direct November 5, 2024 Swiss Re has agreed to sell iptiQ’s European P&C business to Allianz Direct, in line with its strategic decision to...
Predictive Model Delivers Insights as Insurers, Reinsurers Brace for More Civil Unrest October 9, 2024 By L.S. Howard Executive Summary: Insurers and reinsurers are responding to heightened risks of civil unrest with better calculations of their probable maximum...
AXA, Aircraft Lessor DAE Clinch Deal as UK Battle Over Jets Seized in Russia Kicks Off October 3, 2024 By Kirstin Ridley and Sam Tobin Aircraft lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has secured a settlement with insurer AXA over jets retained in Russia since the...
Global Insurers Fight London Court Battle Over Jets Seized in Russia October 2, 2024 By Kirstin Ridley and Sam Tobin Insurers are playing “pass the liability parcel” in a desperate fight against multi-billion dollar claims over aircraft stranded in Russia...
US Nuclear Verdicts Break Records and Drive Social Inflation to 7% in 2023: Report September 11, 2024 By L.S. Howard Nuclear verdicts in the United States are breaking records with 27 court cases each awarding compensation of more than US$100...