UK (re)insurers are consulting on a proposal to create two state-backed cyber (re)insurance schemes which...
Ethiopian parametric scheme pays out to 51,000 farmers
An agriculture insurance product supported by the UN World Food Programme and Germany's development agency has made a payout of ETB39mn ($700,000) to 51,000 smallholder farmers in...
An agriculture insurance product supported by the UN World Food Programme and Germany's development agency has made a payout of ETB39mn ($700,000) to 51,000 smallholder farmers in...
Article / 4 days ago
Doyle: Marsh McLennan exploring Ukraine air travel facility
Marsh McLennan is looking to apply the framework of the Unity grain facility to help facilitate the reopening of an airport in Ukraine to encourage...
Marsh McLennan is looking to apply the framework of the Unity grain facility to help facilitate the reopening of an airport in Ukraine to encourage...
Article / 4 months ago
ARC partners with development finance sector to launch One Acre Fund Re facility
African Risk Capacity, an African Union risk-pooling initiative, has partnered with the International Finance Corporation and the US International...
African Risk Capacity, an African Union risk-pooling initiative, has partnered with the International Finance Corporation and the US International...
Article / 5 months ago
Wisconsin Re sub WRC Agency Inc sells book of business to Insural Insurance Solutions
Farmers Union Service Association-owned Insural Insurance Solutions has acquired the book of business of WRC Agency in a Stonybrook...
Farmers Union Service Association-owned Insural Insurance Solutions has acquired the book of business of WRC Agency in a Stonybrook...
Article / 6 months ago
Risk Strategies grows wineries capabilities with deal for InterWest's North Bay
Risk Strategies has acquired North Bay, a business unit of InterWest Insurance Services, in a deal that adds capabilities that include wineries expertise....
Risk Strategies has acquired North Bay, a business unit of InterWest Insurance Services, in a deal that adds capabilities that include wineries expertise....
Article / 6 months ago
Industry cat loss bill for 2023 rises to ~$74bn
Insured losses for the year to date have now risen to around $74bn, according to analysis by The Insurer...
Insured losses for the year to date have now risen to around $74bn, according to analysis by The Insurer...
Article / 8 months ago
Scor targets marine, intl casualty and engineering reinsurance as its cuts back agriculture and commits to cat
Scor has provided a bullish outlook for a continuation of the hard market through the three-year period covered by its new...
Scor has provided a bullish outlook for a continuation of the hard market through the three-year period covered by its new...
Article / 8 months ago
AM Best places Texas Farm Bureau under review after weather losses
AM Best has placed under review with negative implications the A- (Excellent) financial strength rating of Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Group due to material...
AM Best has placed under review with negative implications the A- (Excellent) financial strength rating of Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Group due to material...
Article / 8 months ago
Swiss Re and Europa Re partner on new €1.9bn IDF agri project for Uzbek farmers
The Insurance Development Forum has launched a €1.9bn sovereign risk transfer project through its Tripartite Agreement with the UN Development...
The Insurance Development Forum has launched a €1.9bn sovereign risk transfer project through its Tripartite Agreement with the UN Development...
Article / 8 months ago
Fire management: How insurers can best prepare for natural hazards
Phil Cottle, head of forestry at Specialty MGA UK, outlines how insurers in the forestry, plantation and reforestation sector can mitigate against fire risk....
Phil Cottle, head of forestry at Specialty MGA UK, outlines how insurers in the forestry, plantation and reforestation sector can mitigate against fire risk....
Article / 10 months ago