personal Insurance

Many ILS funds report negative February returns on winter storm impacts

The majority of insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds have reported a negative return for February 2021 after the impacts of the,.. Read More

2020's typhoon Haishen loss rises 12%, Kyushu rain/flood loss rises 6%

The General Insurance Association of Japan (GIAJ) has said that insurance market losses from the July 2020 heavy rainfall event,.. Read More

Extended Replacement Cost Coverage: A Safeguard Against Demand Surge

An Extended Replacement Cost (“ERC”) endorsement1 can be added to a policy to increase the stated limits for your dwelling/building,.. Read More

COVID-19 insured loss reports rise 21% in last quarter, near $38bn

Losses and IBNR reserves related to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic reported by major insurance and reinsurance companies have risen significantly,.. Read More

Basis risk of unmodelled losses needs pricing in: Conduit's Eckert

In reinsurance, the impacts of unmodelled losses constitute a form of basis risk and after the last few years this,.. Read More

South Korea urged to establish catastrophe bond & ILS regulatory regime

South Korea’s government is being urged to establish a regulatory regime suited to issuance of insurance-linked securities (ILS) such as,.. Read More

Catastrophe bond & related ILS market hit new high at end of Q1

The outstanding market size of catastrophe bonds and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) continued to grow in the first-quarter of 2021,,.. Read More

Busy Atlantic hurricane season forecast for 2021: Accuweather

The Atlantic hurricane season is forecast to be another busy one in 2021, with more than 16 named tropical storms,.. Read More

Florida set for some of the steepest NFIP flood insurance rate rises

Florida is set to experience some of the steepest increases in rates and pricing of flood insurance coverage under the,.. Read More

Japan's M7 quake in Feb seen to have $1bn industry loss potential by Cresta

The CRESTA organisation believes that the Magnitude 7 earthquake that struck the Fukushima region of Japan on February 13th 2021,.. Read More

Everest Re's new Kilimanjaro III Re cat bond set for $650m

Global insurance and reinsurance firm Everest Re now looks set to secure $650 million of fully-collateralized retrocessional reinsurance protection from,.. Read More