September 26, 2023
Via: Reinsurance NewsThe offshore wind industry is poised for growth, but developers and their insurers need to successfully manage a range of risks to successfully scale this industry globally, said Allianz in a recent report. In ‘A turning point for offshore wind’, […]
August 28, 2023
Via: Insurance JournalViasat Inc. has more than $1 billion of orbiting satellites in trouble, and space insurers are girding for market-rattling claims. The company’s roughly $1 billion ViaSat-3 Americas satellite, central to expanding its fixed-broadband coverage and fending off rivals including Elon […]
May 12, 2023
Via: Reinsurance NewsAllianz has reported that its Q1 2023 operating profit increased 24.2% to €3.7 billion, which the firm attributes to strong performance in Life/Health and Property-Casualty business segments. Meanwhile, total business volume in Q1 2023 increased by 3.9% to €46 billion. […]
March 10, 2023
Via: Insurance JournalAllianz Group announced it is restructuring its global commercial insurance segment as one go-to-market business under the trading name Allianz Commercial, which will encompass its Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) business, serving large corporate clients, and the insurance businesses […]
February 27, 2023
Via: Insurance JournalThe cyber-insurance market, battered by a rash of pandemic-era ransomware attacks, is making a comeback. Price hikes are moderating, new carriers and fresh sources of capital are emerging, and companies can better afford coverage. Cyber-insurance pricing increased 10% from a […]
February 17, 2023
Via: Insurance JournalGermany’s Allianz on Friday swung to a fourth-quarter net profit, rebounding after taking big charges a year earlier for a U.S. funds scandal and as a higher investment margin boosted its life and health insurance business. But its asset management […]
July 19, 2022
Via: Reinsurance NewsThe recent ruling by a California court of appeal to reverse a lower court’s dismissal and reinstate a COVID-19 related business interruption (BI) lawsuit filed against a division of global insurer Allianz, has the potential to set a “worrying precedent”, […]
Geo-Political, Risk Management, Trends
May 10, 2022
Via: Insurance JournalGlobal insurers are expected to receive multiple marine insurance claims from ships damaged or lost as the conflict in Ukraine spills over into sea lanes, insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) said in a report on Tuesday. Two seafarers […]
February 21, 2022
Via: Reinsurance NewsGlobal insurance carrier Allianz has expanded its aggregate reinsurance protection for 2022 and also raised its catastrophe budget for the year, after the company experienced a particularly high burden from nat cat losses in 2021. Allianz’s recently published full year […]
January 7, 2022
Via: Reinsurance NewsAllianz Life has completed its previously announced reinsurance agreement with affiliates of Sixth Street, including Talcott Resolution Life Insurance Company, and Resolution Life, for a $35-billion fixed index annuity portfolio. The transaction which was announced last month, unlocks $4.1 billion […]