personal Insurance

January 2021 reinsurance renewals to see rates up 10% at least: PartnerRe

The January 2021 reinsurance renewal season is likely to see rates rising broadly by at least 10%, with firming or,.. Read More

Is Setting Your Thermostat to Low Enough to Maintain Adequate Heat? | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | Merlin Law Group

As many people are just finding their way to a summer home or cabin for the summer, thinking about how,.. Read More

TotusRe proposes multi-peril & pandemic public/private risk transfer structure

TotusRe is proposing the use of a cell insurance structure, alongside public and private market participation and the use of,.. Read More

Arch tried for record sized Bellemeade Re mortgage ILS, but pulled it

Arch Capital Group, the Bermuda headquartered specialist insurance and reinsurance underwriter, had tried to come back to the insurance-linked securities,.. Read More

Everest Re's premiums ceded to Mt. Logan Re rise 38% in Q1

Global insurance and reinsurance group Everest Re made increased use of its Mt. Logan Re Ltd. collateralized reinsurance sidecar-like vehicle,.. Read More

Spinnaker gets snapped up by insurtech Hippo

Spinnaker Insurance Company, the well-known program and fronting service specialist that was founded in 2015 by ex-Arch Re Ingrey family,.. Read More

Plenum launches UCITS fund with cat bond & insurance debt focus

Plenum Investments AG, the Zurich based specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond investment manager, has launched the Plenum Insurance,.. Read More

CCRIF Caribbean parametric risk pool grows over $1bn, as members renew

The CCRIF SPC (formerly known as the Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Facility) has expanded its parametric disaster insurance risk pool,.. Read More

RenRe could raise $1.125bn, as equity offering prices at discount

RenaissanceRe, the Bermuda-headquartered reinsurance company and third-party capital manager, may take as much as $1.125 billion of additional capital from,.. Read More

United (UPC) grows cascading cat reinsurance limit, renews quota share

United Insurance Holdings (UPC Insurance) has increased the size of its catastrophe reinsurance program for 2020, buying additional cascading limit,.. Read More

Covid-19 BI markdowns drive private ILS funds to April decline: ILS Advisers

Markdowns due to potential business interruption claims from the Covid-19 pandemic caused some private ILS or collateralised reinsurance funds to,.. Read More

What Exactly Is a Riot and Civil Commotion Under a Property Insurance Policy? | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | Merlin Law Group

Yesterday’s post, Are Damages to Businesses from the Recent Riots and Civil Commotion Covered Under Property Insurance Policies?, established that,.. Read More