Ronan McCaughey

Hurricane Milton's insured losses could hit $100bn, warns insurance investor

Ian Gutterman's prediction is based on a direct hit for Tampa with a secondary big hit on Orlando

The future for funded reinsurance remains bright

Funded reinsurance has been the subject of increased regulatory scrutiny in the UK and US over the last 18 months, but experts believe it will remain part of insurers' risk and capital management toolkit. Ronan McCaughey writes

Hurricane Helene's insured losses could hit $14bn, says Moody's RMS - UPDATED

The loss estimate comes as hurricane Milton prepares to roar into Florida tomorrow

Hurricane Milton poses further devastation risk for Florida

Unusual storm track towards Tampa presents classic "grey swan" event

"Stop building in dumb places", say New Zealand insurers

The Insurance Council of New Zealand is calling for natural hazard risks to be considered

Hippo Insurance appoints Paul Wigham as CRO

Eiopa seeks feedback on technical standards for Solvency II review

Stakeholders have until 2 January to respond to consultation

Fathom launches global flood cat model for insurance market

It is available on a number of multi-model platforms and offers customisation

Phoenix Group appoints group CRO and chief actuary

Bríd Meaney and Stephen Makin take up the new roles respectively at the UK life insurer

Frank Schiller to oversee internal model and group actuarial function at Munich Re