personal Insurance

Is Pipe Failure Resulting in Foundation Damage from Washout Covered? Policy Form and Jurisdiction is Important | Merlin Law Group

Pipe failures leading to a washout underneath a foundation can be a significant loss for policyholders. The question is whether,.. Read More

Core Specialty launches Fronting Division

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. has created a new Fronting Division, and hired Scott Snyder from Ambac Financial Group to,.. Read More

Tomoni Re cat bond seeks $240m of cover for MS&AD insurers

A new catastrophe bond issuance has been launched to benefit two Japanese insurance carriers owned by MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings,,.. Read More

Private ILS strategies outperform, as ILS funds return 0.26% in Jan 2022

Private insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategies outperformed in January 2022, as pure catastrophe bond funds absorbed the impact of a,.. Read More

Relative value of ILS investing evident in 2021: Swiss Re

2021 saw the catastrophe bond market soften, with a trend towards tightening across most of the year, but differentiation remained,,.. Read More

ILS can help London maintain cat portfolios as retreat continues

As many Lloyd’s and London market insurers retreat from the catastrophe space, amid elevated losses and the uncertain but increasing,.. Read More

Australia flood claims approach 100,000 as ICA estimates $1.45bn insured loss

The flooding in Southeast Queensland and New South Wales has now resulted in 96,844 claims, which based on previous flood,.. Read More

Florida Adjuster and Public Adjuster Codes of Ethics | Merlin Law Group

An Administrative Complaint filed last week by the Florida Department of Financial Services should be read by all public adjusters.1,.. Read More

HSCM Bermuda appoints Andre Perez to Board of Advisors

HSCM Bermuda, the reinsurance and ILS related investment arm of investment manager Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd., has announced that,.. Read More

Bermuda re/insurer use of ILS, ILW's & quota shares fluctuates

According to recent data from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), use of insurance-linked securities (ILS) such as catastrophe bonds shrank,.. Read More

With cyber risk, tread quickly and wisely: Thomas Nuth, DeNexus

As conversations around cybersecurity and risk management increasingly occur at the board level, insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors and reinsurers should,.. Read More

CATCo investors vote "overwhelmingly" in favour of buyout

Investors in the Markel CATCo retrocessional reinsurance investment funds have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposed and updated buyout,.. Read More