personal Insurance

Progressive makes $40m reinsurance recovery for US winter storms

The Progressive Corporation has revealed that its losses from the recent winter storms in the United States drove a $40,.. Read More

RenaissanceRe Capital Partners hires Beach from Aon

RenaissanceRe Capital Partners, the newly rebranded home of third-party capital management and insurance-linked securities (ILS) at Bermuda reinsurance firm RenaissanceRe,.. Read More

Global Parametrics & Fathom partner on global flood index

Global Parametrics and specialist flood risk modeller Fathom have partnered to develop a global parametric flood index that can be,.. Read More

A Refresher on Interpreting Insurance Policies in North Carolina

While researching how the Tar Heel State interprets insurance policies, I came across two helpful sources that set out how,.. Read More

Munich Re expecting winter storm loss in the mid-hundreds of millions

German reinsurance giant Munich Re said that it is expecting its losses from the recent US winter storm and extreme,.. Read More

Cat claims 34% above 10-year average in 2021 on US winter storm: Jefferies

Insurance and reinsurance industry catastrophe claims are likely running around 34% above the 10-year average for the year-to-date thanks to,.. Read More

CATCo's return of capital continues apace, but Jebi & Michael creep hits 2018

The CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd., the stock exchange listed retrocession focused strategy managed by Markel CATCo and in run-off,.. Read More

US severe thunderstorm activity to escalate, warns Guy Carpenter

US severe thunderstorm activity and severe convective weather looks set to escalate as we move into the second-half of March,,.. Read More

Are Virtual Adjustments Better? Join Tuesday at 2 With Chip Merlin for a Discussion About New Claims Handling Trends

A recent article addressing virtual adjustment of State Farm’s 34,000 broken pipe claims in Texas caught my attention. State Farm,.. Read More

Cat bond fund returns outpace private ILS in January 2021

The average return of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund market was only 0.13% in January 2021, as pure catastrophe bond,.. Read More

Artemis Live: Interview with James Poole, Co-founder, AGILE Risk Partners

We have a new Artemis Live video interview for you today in which we discuss the concept of Collateralised Facultative,.. Read More

RenRe's third-party capital fee income soared 27% in 2020

RenaissanceRe, the Bermuda-based reinsurance firm and third-party capital management specialist, saw a 27% increase in fee income earned from its,.. Read More