personal Insurance

Avoiding OSHAs Fatal Four: 6 fall prevention tips for contractors.

Working in construction is dangerous business. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) uses a term called the Fatal Four,.. Read More

Descartes targets parametric coverage expansion with new German office

Descartes Underwriting, an insurance technology (insurtech) focused managing general agency (MGA) that specialises in parametric and data-driven risk transfer products,,.. Read More

QBE Re appoints Chris Killourhy as Managing Director

QBE Re, the reinsurance arm of global carrier QBE Insurance Group, has named Chris Killourhy as its new Managing Director,,.. Read More

Top reinsurance companies grow premiums 10% on rate firming: AM Best

Munich Re continues to top a list of the world's largest reinsurance companies, while the top 50 global reinsurance groups,.. Read More

IRB Brasil Re blows through top of retro tower on drought loss

Brazilian reinsurance firm IRB Brasil Re has blown through the top of its retrocession tower due to an escalating claims,.. Read More

Difference between flood insurance and water back up coverage

A standard homeowners’ insurance policy doesn’t cover flood damage . Continue reading to learn more about water backup and flood,.. Read More

Casualty ILS market size can be multiples of property cat: Fleming

Fleming Insurance Holdings and Altamont Capital Partners expect cedents to embrace their flexible, proprietary Planned Loss Portfolio Transfer (LPT) solution,.. Read More

Is catastrophe risk going through a de-commoditisation?

Given the hardening of pricing across natural catastrophe reinsurance markets and renewals, the analysts at RBC Capital Markets have asked,.. Read More

Deutsche Bank hires Kremer for ILS, insurance and credit structuring

Multinational investment bank and financial services company Deutsche Bank has hired Philippe Kremer, an experienced insurance-linked securities (ILS) and structured,.. Read More

Why Has State Farm Stopped Paying Appraisal Awards? | Merlin Law Group

State Farm has a new claims process involving appraisal. The problem for many policyholders is that it is often resulting,.. Read More

Beazley's third-party capital backed Smart Tracker to transition to full-syndicate

Beazley has announced this morning that its Smart Tracker special purpose arrangement (SPA) syndicate 5623 will now become a full,.. Read More

Challenger Life grows insurance-linked portfolio 27%

Australian life insurance and retirement income underwriter and investor Challenger Life grew its insurance-linked strategies portfolio by roughly 27% over,.. Read More