Personal Insurance

Cat exposed property rates up in Q4, more rises expected in 2020: MarketScout

Rates for catastrophe exposed homeowners and commercial property insurance rose through the fourth-quarter of 2019, with further rate increases also,.. Read More

Representing Governmental Entities For Their Insurance Claims When They Are Late To File Suit | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | Merlin Law Group

Representing governmental entities regarding their insurance claims is very different than representing private individuals. At least this has been my,.. Read More

Peak Re renews Lion Rock Re II sidecar at $77m for 2020

Peak Reinsurance Company Limited (Peak Re), the Hong Kong headquartered global reinsurer that is majority backed by Fosun International, has,.. Read More

Hannover Re adds nearly $75m more Seaside Re cat bond lites

Global reinsurance firm Hannover Re has added another almost $75 million of risk capital to its Seaside Re private catastrophe,.. Read More

Hannover Re brings first retro cat bond in years, a $100m 3264 Re

Global reinsurance firm Hannover Re is back in the catastrophe bond market to source a slice of its own retrocessional,.. Read More

Neon to be run-off, as parent AFG exits from Lloyd's

Neon Underwriting, the specialty insurance and reinsurance operation that is part of American Financial Group, Inc., is to go into,.. Read More

Australia bushfire insured losses soar further to US $485m (A$700m)

As anticipated, insurance industry losses from the ongoing bushfire devastation across Australia are soaring as more clarity on the number,.. Read More

Swiss Re's Matterhorn Re 2020 cat bond doubles in size to $350m

The latest catastrophe bond from global reinsurance firm Swiss Re has been well-received by the ILS investor base, helping the,.. Read More

Guy Carpenter names new CEO for Pacific treaty & fac reinsurance

Guy Carpenter has named a new CEO for its Pacific treaty and facultative reinsurance broking operations, promoting existing senior employee,.. Read More

Private ILS funds diverged, cat bond funds were negative in November

The performance of insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds that invest in private ILS and collateralised reinsurance contracts diverged again in November,,.. Read More

ILS investors need certainty on cyber, risk models are key: CyberCube

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors are looking for greater certainty on cyber risk before diving into underwriting cyber reinsurance contracts in,.. Read More