Month: April 2021

April 16, 2021

Price gains achieved by reinsurance underwriters are likely to prove generally more sustainable than those achieved by property and casualty (P&C) insurance carriers, but margin gains may prove lower due to the unique pressures reinsurers face, according to Morgan Stanley […]

April 15, 2021

The Worldwide Broker Network (WBN), the world’s largest global network of independent insurance and benefit brokers, has announced the appointment of B. Scott Davis to the WBN board. The appointment was made during WBN’s 64th Global Conference, held virtually from […]

April 15, 2021

AXIS Capital, the Bermuda-based, globally-active insurance and reinsurance company, has pre-announced an expectation that it will shoulder up to $90 million of losses after February’s US winter storms, which it bases on an expected industry-wide loss of between $13 billion […]

April 14, 2021

Strong investor appetite enabled sponsors of traditional 144A catastrophe bond transactions to upsize target levels of reinsurance protection during the first-quarter of the year. A factor of Q1 2021 catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance was the upsizing […]

April 14, 2021

The Texas Supreme Court on April 9 reversed lower court rulings and found that Farmers Insurance was within its rights when it decided 19 years ago not to renew homeowners’ policies that it feared would have forced it to cover […]

April 13, 2021

Reinsurance rates and pricing are expected to increase again at the upcoming mid-year 2021 June and July renewals, likely increasing further into 2022 as well, but by next year these rises may be losing momentum, Fitch Ratings believes. After three […]

April 13, 2021

The Governments of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have received $20 million in disaster risk financing support from the World Bank to aid their recovery from the recent eruption of the La Soufrière volcano, after a catastrophe contingent line of […]

April 12, 2021

Underwriting of cyber insurance and reinsurance risks is going to require “massive amounts of additional capital” to support what is expected to be a particularly fast-growing class of business, according to broker Gallagher Re’s Ian Newman. Newman, who is the […]

April 12, 2021

There is evidence that the hard market in catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) may be coming to an end, as data suggests that softening may finally have begun and could continue if 2021 remains loss free, according to consultancy […]

April 9, 2021

Lee Fogle reached down to save his 12-lb. Yorkshire terrier Nemo as a pit bull lunged forward. The attacking dog’s jaws clamped onto his left hand, sending him to a clinic for sutures and starting a 10-month-long insurance battle. “It […]

April 9, 2021

Analysts at flood science specialist, JBA Risk Management, have warned that UK property insurers need to start planning how they will map the long-term impacts of climate change on their books. The warning comes ahead of the confirmation this June […]

April 9, 2021

European re/insurers have made “significant progress” in China following regulations to open up the Chinese market in 2019, according to analysts at RBC Capital Markets. Although this progress has largely been overlooked due to the pandemic, RBC notes that several […]

April 8, 2021

Are insurance premiums tax-deductible? Forty-nine percent of Americans think so, according to a recent survey of 1,550 people conducted by the consumer research and analysis website ValuePenguin.com. That means people could be heading for trouble with the Internal Revenue Service […]

April 7, 2021

Losses and IBNR reserves related to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic reported by major insurance and reinsurance companies have risen significantly during the first-quarter of 2021, with the total pandemic loss reported now nearing $38 billion, having risen by 21% during […]

April 7, 2021

The majority of insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds have reported a negative return for February 2021 after the impacts of the US winter storm and Texas freeze, according to the latest report from the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index. The Index was […]

April 6, 2021

On a recent insurance social media page, an agent was looking for a market for a $2 million home that had experienced a $540,000 plumbing leak claim and the carrier had nonrenewed. A few weeks earlier, another agent had been […]

April 6, 2021

Oklahoma has reached a $25 million settlement with Farmers Insurance over the company’s handling of earthquake claims, state officials say. Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter and Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready say an investigation revealed that Farmers denied or failed to […]

April 5, 2021

First-quarter mergers and acquisitions involving U.S. and Bermuda-based insurance industry companies produced an aggregate deal value of $21.16 billion, according to a report Monday from S&P Global Market Intelligence. This year’s first-quarter tally tops full-year deal totals for 2019 and […]

April 5, 2021

Varney Insurance Agency has announced the formation of Varney Re, a Bermuda-based reinsurance company. Varney Re is a specialist alternative risk transfer reinsurance company that will serve a North American client base. Tod Austin (pictured above) has been appointed chief […]

April 2, 2021

Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, the middle-market business of Marsh LLC, said Friday it has bought PayneWest Insurance Inc., an independent agency with about $135 million in annual brokerage revenue. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Missoula, Montana-based PayneWest […]