Personal Insurance

ILS funds return 0.25% in November 2021, but losses still impacting

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds reported a narrower range of performance in November 2021, as a quieter month led to an,.. Read More

What Are the Qualifications to Be an Insurance Umpire In the Insurance Appraisal Process? | Merlin Law Group

Following up on the recent post, Appointment Of Umpires and What Qualifications Matter To A Court?, Robert Norton from the,.. Read More

ILS capital expands in 2021, but up to 5% of reinsurance trapped: GC & AM Best

Alternative reinsurance capital levels in the global industry grew 3.7% over the course of 2021, outpacing the 2.7% growth of,.. Read More

Reinsurance renewals "challenging but rational" - Gallagher Re CEO Kent

The January 1st 2022 reinsurance renewal season has been particularly challenging, according to Gallagher Re CEO James Kent, with most,.. Read More

Catastrophe bonds break record in 2021, as market expands again: Report

The market for catastrophe bonds and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) saw records broken once again in 2021, as annual issuance,.. Read More

Property catastrophe rates up 10.8% at January 2022 renewals: Guy Carpenter

Property catastrophe reinsurance rates and pricing rose by 10.8% year-on-year at the January 2022 reinsurance renewals, which broker Guy Carpenter,.. Read More

International cat losses above average in 2021, Euro floods now $12bn: Cresta

International (non-US) catastrophe loss events that cost the insurance and reinsurance industry more than $1 billion ran above expectation in,.. Read More

Appointment Of Umpires and What Qualifications Matter to a Court? | Merlin Law Group

I received a number of comments and private messages about last week’s post, Do Appraisers Legally Need to Be Licensed,.. Read More

Marshall Fire in Boulder, Colorado destroyed ~1,000 properties

The severe wildfire activity in Boulder County, Colorado is now estimated to have destroyed roughly 1,000 properties, with officials preliminarily,.. Read More

Best of Artemis, week ending January 2nd 2022

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending January 2nd 2022, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and,.. Read More

A New Year Brings a New Insurance Company with Views About Public Adjusters and Methods of Doing Business | Merlin Law Group

Change is constant. Innovations, new views about the impact of past events and how people should conduct business are in,.. Read More

Stone Ridge has "highest forward conviction" for reinsurance: CEO Stevens

Ross Stevens, the CEO of Stone Ridge Asset Management, a New York based asset manager with a focus on alternative,.. Read More