personal Insurance

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

Louisiana Citizens readies for Weston and UPC policyholders

The fall-out from downgrades and insolvencies of property insurers that have been largely triggered by conditions in the Florida marketplace,.. Read More

Insurance Company Eats Its OwnSues Independent Adjusters and Lawyer Who Denied Coverage | Merlin Law Group

Are insurance company claims managers pleased when their independent adjusters and lawyers deny a claim on their behalf? Does it,.. Read More

Artemis London: Full conference agenda now published

Today we’ve published the full agenda for first insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference held in the UK. Tickets are still,.. Read More

Liberty Mutual names Rodriguez as Reinsurance CUO, hires Ottaviano as GRS CRO

U.S. primary insurer and global re/insurer Liberty Mutual has made two senior appointments in its Global Risk Solutions (GRS) division,,.. Read More

Loss creep well within memory of cautious ILS investors: AM Best

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors remain very selective about opportunities to allocate capital still, with loss creep issues still fresh in,.. Read More