Eight P&C Insurers Get Top Marks for Climate Change Risk Management October 22, 2014 By Laura Davison Munich Re and ACE Ltd. are among insurers that are best prepared to manage risks related to climate change, a...
Competitive Pressures Mount for Reinsurers September 19, 2014 By Jonathan Gould Reinsurers are being squeezed by price competition and subdued demand from insurers for their products, and traditional mergers may not...
Swiss Re Eyes Specialty Lines to Counter Reinsurance Slump September 18, 2014 By Carolyn Bandel Swiss Re Ltd., the world’s No. 2 reinsurer, is cutting back on catastrophe coverage and moving into new lines of...
U.S., Rockefeller $100M Fund Promotes Natural Disaster Mitigation, Insurance for Poor August 6, 2014 By Nicole Gaouette The U.S. Agency for International Development and the Rockefeller Foundation are starting a $100 million project to prepare vulnerable communities...
Swiss Re Q2 Profit $802 Million; but Misses Estimates on Drop at Life Unit August 6, 2014 By Carolyn Bandel Swiss Re Ltd., the world’s second- biggest reinsurer, reported second-quarter profit that missed analysts estimates, as earnings from life and...
Swiss Re’s New SONAR Report Investigates 26 Emerging Risks July 8, 2014 Swiss Re has released a report, “New emerging risk insights,” which is based on the reinsurer’s SONAR process, described as...
Swiss Re Agrees to Purchase RSA’s Sun Alliance in China July 3, 2014 By Maud van Gaal Swiss Re, the world’s second – largest reinsurer, agreed to buy a Chinese unit of RSA Insurance Group Plc as...
New Ohio Drilling Policy May Be Good for Oil & Gas, Insurance Industries June 20, 2014 By Stephanie K. Jones Ohio in mid-April 2014 enacted stricter regulations for oil and gas drilling near faults or areas of past seismic activity,...
If Fracking Is the Question, Insurers May Ask – What Is the Answer? June 19, 2014 By Stephanie K. Jones When it comes to the use of evolving technologies such as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in oil and gas production...
Top Loss Leaders in the Oil Patch? Commercial Auto, Workers’ Comp June 18, 2014 By Stephanie K. Jones There’s no doubt that new advancements in the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are driving the current production boom...