Month: March 2021

March 3, 2021

Analysts at rating agency S&P global ratings have noted that reinsurers feel they haven’t fully benefitted from their results, despite the global reinsurance pricing gains from the January renewals. S&P Global RatingsAlthough this year’s renewal season started with high hopes, […]

March 3, 2021

Insurance and reinsurance broker Aon, working with cryptocurrency and smart contract focused insurtech start-up Nayms and Bermuda specialist insurer Relm, aims to open up the capital markets to digital asset risk, to source risk capacity for the burgeoning crypto space. […]

March 2, 2021

Mergers and acquisitions activity in the insurance sector was strong in 2020 despite COVID-19 and is expected to remain robust in 2021 as rising commercial insurance rates bolster earnings, making insurers attractive targets, and “deployable capital” remains abundant, analysts and […]

March 2, 2021

The series of winter storms and deep freeze that hit Texas and other states in mid-February is likely to exacerbate rate hardening and tightening conditions in the energy insurance market, industry experts say. The power outages and rolling power cuts […]

March 1, 2021

Secondary market prices have dropped for some catastrophe bonds in the wake of recent severe winter storm losses in the United States, with aggregate Residential Re cat bonds, sponsored by primary military mutual insurer USAA, the names in investor focus. […]

March 1, 2021

A new study by Juniper Research has found that the total value of premiums generated by insurtech firms will exceed $556 billion in 2025, a 123% leap from the $250 billion seen in 2020. Juniper Research’s analysis also predicts that […]