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Arch Capital estimates Q3 net catastrophe losses with Ian of up to $560m

Bermuda headquartered insurance and reinsurance firm Arch Capital Group has pre-announced its expected losses from the third-quarter of 2022, including,.. Read More

Australia floods designated a catastrophe. S&P says reinsurance safe, for now

Australia has been flooding again in the last week, as storms and torrential rain hit parts of the south east,.. Read More

Global insured catastrophe losses already near $100bn in 2022: Aon

Globally, catastrophe losses that fall to the insurance and reinsurance industry are already near $100 billion, according to analysis from,.. Read More

Florida carriers face challenge securing reinsurance in 2023: Moody's

Florida’s domestic property insurance carriers, as well as those coastal focused US catastrophe exposed property specialist carriers, are facing a,.. Read More

Wholesale risk markets must "re-price, re-term, re-baseline" - Millette

The world has a “vibrant wholesale risk market”, spanning insurance, reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS), but it’s time to go,.. Read More

Hurricane Roof Damage? How Does a Policyholder Know? | Merlin Law Group

Most people never get on their roof after a hurricane. For many, they cannot physically do so, and it would,.. Read More

Cat bond fund index falls again, now -6.04% down on avg since Ian

Catastrophe bond funds, as measured by the have fallen further in the wake of hurricane Ian at the last,.. Read More

Reinsurers were capital challenged even before hurricane Ian, Aon data shows

Even before hurricane Ian slammed into Florida, a cohort of reinsurance companies tracked by broker Aon were capital challenged this,.. Read More

K2 raising capital for new cat fund

K2 International, the London-based specialist MGA, is out raising capital for additional reinsurance and possibly US retrocession & ILW underwriting,.. Read More

Swiss Re puts initial hurricane Ian loss estimate at $1.3bn net of retro

Global reinsurance company Swiss Re has announced its initial loss estimate after major hurricane Ian, pegging it at $1.3 billion,,.. Read More

Without proper compensation, ILS investors will look elsewhere: Fitch

If they aren’t properly compensated for taking catastrophe losses, investors in catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS) are likely,.. Read More

Florida reinsurance to be limited. Cost to rise above expectations: Citizens CEO

Reinsurance capacity for lower-layers of Florida focused towers is expected to become very limited in 2023, while renewal rates are,.. Read More