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Swiss Re: nat cat insured losses break $100bn threshold again in 2022

Natural catastrophes in 2022 included hurricane Ian, hailstorms in France and flooding in Australia

Markel transfers PPO liabilities to Marco Capital

LPT deal includes claims settled via periodic payment order

Sompo first Japanese insurer to issue social bond

Alte Leipziger welcomes ZZR bill vanishing in 2022

Mutual life unit retrieved €74m from ZZR, after expecting a €250m bill

Bulk annuity market "never more buoyant", says Rothesay chief

UK life insurer wrote £3.3bn of premiums in nine transactions in 2022

Insurers caught up in the Swiss roil

The fall of Credit Suisse, hot on the heels of SVB and Signature Bank, has sent insurers scrambling to assess the risks to their portfolios. While the hit seems manageable, Sarfraz Thind asks if there could be worse to come

Maintain pricing discipline, despite easing inflation, says Swiss Re

The reinsurer says inflation will increase P&C claims costs by 5-7.5% across five main markets

AIG Holdings Europe adds four inflation stress tests in SFCR

New tests cover stagflation, persistent and transient inflation

UK pension risk transfer volumes hit £44.7bn in 2022

LCP says Legal & General had the highest share of the UK bulk annuity market

Perils estimates Turkish quake insured loss to reach $3.4bn

The data provider said the catastrophe was the costliest in Turkey's recorded history