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Markel invests $90m in CATCo fund to accelerate investor redemptions

Markel Corporation has put some of its own money behind the running-off of its retrocessional reinsurance investment manager Markel CATCo,,.. Read More

Swiss Re P&C businesses takes $476m Covid-19 charge

Swiss Re, the Zurich headquartered global reinsurance firm, has fallen to a group net loss of -$225 million for the,.. Read More

Cat bond rates rise 13% in Q1, up 56% since 2016: Lane Financial

Catastrophe bond and insurance-linked security (ILS) rates-on-line were up by a huge 13% in Q1 2020 and have risen by,.. Read More

Covid-19 has parallels with WTC, adverse reserve development a risk: Fidelis

The impacts faced by insurance and reinsurance markets from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has some parallels with the 2001 World,.. Read More

Pandemic costs to be substantial, but manageable for Munich Re: CEO Wenning

Speaking at the reinsurance giants annual general meeting this morning, Munich Re CEO Joachim Wenning noted that while the ultimate,.. Read More

Cincinnati CEO says catastrophe reinsurers to follow fortunes on Covid-19

Cincinnati Financial Corporation’s CEO Steven Johnston said the company’s property catastrophe reinsurance panel will be expected to “follow our fortunes”,.. Read More

SCOR sees "immaterial" P&C hit from Covid-19, but BI closely monitored

Global reinsurance company SCOR said that its property and casualty underwriting business SCOR Global P&C is not materially exposed to,.. Read More

Status of Hurricane Michael Claims: Estimated Insured Losses Exceed $7.4B | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | Merlin Law Group

Merlin Law Group has consistently tracked Hurricane Michael claim information provided by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (FLOIR). Insurance,.. Read More

Hiscox expects US wholesale & reinsurance rates to harden on Covid-19

Hiscox Group, the specialist insurance or reinsurance underwriter and ILS capital manager, has forecasted rate hardening for the U.S. wholesale,.. Read More

Markel warns on Covid-19 hit to ILS operations, Nephila AuM down 4%

Markel Corporation reported its first-quarter 2020 results yesterday and in its report the company warned of the potential hit to,.. Read More

Hudson Structured to invest $20m in legacy & program specialist R&Q

Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd., the insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance- and transportation- focused investment manager, is making a $20 million,.. Read More