Personal Insurance

Swiss Re CorSo makes parametric payout to utility after typhoon Rai (Odette)

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the large commercial risk specialist unit of the global reinsurance firm, settled a parametric insurance claim,.. Read More

Hudson Structured backs $1.65bn life & annuity start-up Martello Re

Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM), the reinsurance, insurtech, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and transportation focused investment manager, has participated in the,.. Read More

Swedish pension Alecta allocates $200m to SCOR's Atlas Gotland sidecar

Swedish pension fund Alecta has allocated US $200 million to invest in reinsurance firm SCOR’s new sidecar structure, a Atlas,.. Read More

Start Network buys $2.5m replica ARC parametric drought cover

The Start Network, an international network of non-governmental humanitarian organisations, has purchased a US $2.5 million replica parametric insurance cover,.. Read More

Matching is a Factual Determination and Can Be Resolved by Appraisal | Merlin Law Group

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that matching is a factual determination rather than a legal coverage issue and can be,.. Read More

Plan more bleisure for 2022 | King Price Insurance

Who isn’t intrigued by the idea of adding a bit more fun to their lives? Especially the aspects of life,.. Read More

K2 Advisors names Michael Rich as Head of ILS, to succeed Malawer

Hedge fund specialist investment manager K2 Advisors, a unit of investment firm Franklin Templeton, has named Michael Rich to lead,.. Read More

CCR Re upsizes 157 Re sidecar for 2022, adds new investor

CCR Re, the French state-owned reinsurance firm, has renewed its 157 Re collateralised reinsurance sidecar vehicle for 2022 and said,.. Read More

Canadian insured catastrophe losses reach $2.04bn in 2021

Catastrophe losses in Canada that were covered by insurance and in some cases reinsurance reached CA $2.04 billion in 2021,,.. Read More

Secondary perils can be "death by a thousand cuts" - Aeolus

Secondary perils require a particular level of focus, investment and effort, when it comes to modelling risks of insurance-linked securities,.. Read More

Catastrophe rate adequacy still under debate after Jan renewals

The January 2022 reinsurance renewals have seen some of the best market conditions in years, with broad firming of rates,.. Read More

Extreme weather seen as most critical global threat: WEF report

The latest Global Risks Report 2022 from the World Economic Forum (WEF) found that climate risks dominate global concerns, but,.. Read More