personal Insurance

Berkshire Hathaway acquiring TransRe parent Alleghany in $11.6bn deal

A significant insurance and reinsurance M&A transaction has just been announced, with Warren Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway set to acquire,.. Read More

Allstate lifts target to $550m for Sanders Re III cat bond

US primary insurance carrier Allstate has lifted the target for its first catastrophe bond of 2022 to $550 million of,.. Read More

Australian floods insured loss estimate rises to $2.3bn

Claims from Australia’s recent severe flooding event continued to be counted over the weekend, with the total rising another 2%,.. Read More

Best of Artemis, week ending March 20th 2022

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending March 20th 2022, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and,.. Read More

Can The Individual Adjuster Be Sued For Statutory Bad Faith? Can The Adjuster Be Sued In Colorado? | Merlin Law Group

Following a speech about claims ethics and claims practice lawsuits, one of the questions I get asked is whether the,.. Read More

Preferred Contractor vs. AOB ContractorWho Wins When the Policy Allows Insurer Repair Option and Selection of Contractor? | Merlin Law Group

The world of managed repair is being argued about and fought over in Florida. While most property insurance policies have,.. Read More

Louisiana Insurance Company Law Firm Posts About Replacement Cost Value and Actual Cash Value | Merlin Law Group

The law firm that defended Scottsdale Insurance Company in the bad faith verdict I wrote about in Hurricane Laura Bad,.. Read More

Bespoke approach to cyber ILS will help parties get comfortable: CyberCubes Baker

Cyber risk is often touted as a potential area of participation for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space, but owing to,.. Read More

Brazil publishes "Letra de Risco de Seguro" rules for ILS securitization

The Brazilian government has published new legislation in its official gazette for what are being termed “Letra de Risco de,.. Read More

Markel cat program premiums ceded to Nephila rose 67% in 2021

Markel continues to drive increasing volumes of catastrophe exposed property business through the reinsurance vehicles owned by its insurance-linked securities,.. Read More

Does Fuchsia Re SPI herald a first catastrophe bond for Beazley?

A new special purpose insurer (SPI) has been registered in Bermuda named Fuchsia Re Ltd. and Artemis’ sources suggest the,.. Read More

Aon puts Japan quake costs in the billions, likens it to $2bn+ industry loss

Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe risk modelling focused arm of insurance and reinsurance broker Aon, has put the economic impact from,.. Read More