Archive

  • Hiscox slumps to near-$140m loss in H1

    03 August 2020

    The specialist insurer set aside $232m for claims related to Covid-19

  • CNP reveals €3.6bn Covid-19 hit in H1

    03 August 2020

    Pre-tax H1 earnings fall 16%

  • Comment: The grave matter of Covid-19 death statistics

    31 July 2020

    Cintia Cheong looks at the reliability of excess deaths

  • Belgian regulator urges insurers to suspend dividends until 2021

    31 July 2020

    France made similar announcement this week

  • Three-quarters of Swiss Re's H1 pandemic losses "unclaimed" so far

    31 July 2020

    Firm to re-evaluate $50bn floor of industry loss estimate if BI cases unfavourable, CFO says

  • Taiwanese insurers to adopt international solvency regime in 2026

    31 July 2020

    Regulator has come up with a phased approach for gradual implementation

  • Insurers' use of credit scoring penalises people of colour

    31 July 2020

    Washington commissioner calls out credit scoring practice as form of institutional racism

  • Covid-19 claims account for more than half of Brit's H1 losses

    31 July 2020

    Positive investment return in Q2 not enough to offset Q1 losses

  • Impact underwriting offers "double dividend" for investors, says Allianz

    31 July 2020

    German insurer puts focus on underwriting as well as investing

  • Life and health is sole source of profit for Swiss Re, amid pandemic

    31 July 2020

    Reinsurer confirms forecast of $1.1bn first-half loss