Personal Insurance

Insurance Settlement Releases: What You Should Know | Merlin Law Group

First things first – A “release” is a legally binding document that releases your insurance company from liability contingent on,.. Read More

Hannover Re brings $84.5m of Seaside Re private catastrophe bonds

Global reinsurance giant Hannover Re has facilitated the issuance of another $84.5 million of Seaside Re private catastrophe bonds for,.. Read More

Swiss Re gets $250m 1863 ILS fund investment from Swedish pension Alecta

Global reinsurance firm Swiss Re, through its specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund management unit Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Management Ltd,.. Read More

Belisle fraud lawsuit to wait for CATCo insolvency decision in Bermuda

The fraud lawsuit involving former CATCo CEO Tony Belisle has been stayed pending a Bermuda Supreme Court decision on the,.. Read More

Ariel Re targets growth with upsized Berkshire Hathaway backing

Ariel Re, the Bermuda-headquartered international reinsurance company, has announced an upsized commitment from Warren Buffett’s giant conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, with,.. Read More

AXA Climate partners with CoreLogic to enhance parametric hail offering

AXA Climate, the parametric specialist risk transfer managing general agent (MGA) unit of global insurance and reinsurance company AXA XL,,.. Read More

Cat exposed US property rates continued to soar in Q4: MarketScout

Property insurance prices in peak catastrophe zones continued to soar in the fourth-quarter of 2021, as owners of homes and,.. Read More

Marshall Fire damaged or destroyed 1,270 properties: Officials

In an update on the impacts of recent severe wildfire activity in Boulder County, Colorado, officials say that 1,270 properties,.. Read More

2021 insured cat losses $120bn, December tornadoes $4bn: Munich Re

Global reinsurance giant Munich Re has estimated that insurance industry losses from natural disasters or catastrophes in 2021 were roughly,.. Read More

Enforcement Action Shuts Down AOBs and Contractors Negotiations For Repair Costs | Merlin Law Group

Insurance restoration contractors play an important role in a policyholder’s, and often community’s, recovery following a disaster. Many restoration contractors,.. Read More

Toa Re Europe sponsored the $25m Silver Crane private cat bond

We can now report that it was Toa Re Europe, the Switzerland-based European reinsurance arm of Japanese group Toa Reinsurance,.. Read More

Private catastrophe bonds surpass $1bn for first time in 2021

For the first time on-record, annual issuance of privately placed catastrophe bond transactions has surpassed $1 billion in 2021, as,.. Read More