personal Insurance

Are Extracontractual Bad Faith Claims Governed Under A Choice of Law Provision? | Merlin Law Group

One of the trends of insurance contract law is for insurers to place in the policy a choice of law,.. Read More

The Concept of Fortuity As Applied To Boat Insurance | Merlin Law Group

Yesterday’s post, Jewelry Insurance and The Missing Wedding Band—Avoiding the Mysterious Disappearance Exclusion, discussed an “all-risk” or “open perils” policy,.. Read More

Visualising cat bond pricing coming off the top of a hard market

As we’ve been reporting for some weeks now, there is increasing evidence in the way catastrophe bonds are pricing that,.. Read More

Video from ILS NYC 2023. Session 2: Collateralized reinsurance confidence

The second session of the day at our Artemis ILS NYC 2023 conference, held in New York on February 10th,.. Read More

Everest Re says no covered events attach to Kilimanjaro Re cat bonds yet

Despite continued uncertainty over the potential for catastrophe events to cause losses to a number of its catastrophe bonds, Everest,.. Read More

SCOR cites 40% average US catastrophe XL renewal rate increases at April

Global reinsurance company SCOR has given an additional signal on the trajectory of US catastrophe reinsurance rates, citing 40% average,.. Read More

Jewelry Insurance and The Missing Wedding BanAvoiding the Mysterious Disappearance Exclusion | Merlin Law Group

My parents, Bill and Alice Merlin, celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary yesterday. I am very fortunate to have both of,.. Read More

Allstate aggregate cat bonds possibly at-risk, as annual cat losses hit ~$3.67bn

Annual aggregate catastrophe bonds sponsored by US primary insurance giant Allstate could come under some pressure, as the firms aggregated,.. Read More

ILS fund side pockets for hurricane Ian continue to be reduced

We’ve learned from sources that a number of insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund managers have recently been able to further reduce,.. Read More

How To Prevent Electrocution: 7 Tips To Secure Your Jobsite.

Construction is a rewarding business, but it can also be a dangerous business if your project, equipment, and crew aren’t,.. Read More

Selective added $216m collateralized limit at reinsurance renewals

Selective Insurance Group renewed its catastrophe reinsurance tower at 1/1 2023, and this year secured $216 million of fully collateralized,.. Read More

Swiss Re's Judy Klugman to depart firm

Judy Klugman, the Global head of ILS Distribution and Sales at reinsurance giant Swiss Re and a long-standing and well-known,.. Read More