Archive

  • Hurricane Sally insured losses could hit $3bn

    21 September 2020

    Latest estimates from AIR Worldwide and Karen Clark & Company

  • GIC Re recommended to run India's pandemic risk pool

    21 September 2020

    A working group of Indian re/insurers details how a public-private pooling initiative would work

  • IAG picks replacement for departing CEO

    21 September 2020

    Nick Hawkins will climb the final rung to assume Peter Harmer's role

  • Reinsurers urged to consider carbon tax on underwriting

    18 September 2020

    Swiss Re's approach to lower operational emissions is well-rounded but not enough, says Peter Bosshard

  • The pandemic should open our eyes to behavioural risk biases

    18 September 2020

    Organisations tend to ignore extreme events until they occur, says Howard Kunreuther

  • Convex Group appoints Bermuda and London CEOs

    18 September 2020

    Matt Paskin and Theo Butt will take over as chief executives of Convex Re and Convex Insurance UK respectively

  • AM Best warns of severe NFIP losses from Sally

    18 September 2020

    The rating agency warned the US Federal flood insurance backstop and private insurers with large flood exposures of large losses

  • Insurers "distressingly absent" in push for US climate legislation

    17 September 2020

    Senator Sheldon Whitehouse says industry understands risks from climate change, but won't drive Congress

  • Libor transition: what you need to know

    17 September 2020

    Exchange ideas at the Insurance Risk & Capital Americas virtual conference next week

  • US industry associations deny relevance of UK BI case verdict

    17 September 2020

    The UK case found in favour of policyholders and had been expected to provide template for other jurisdictions