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NAIC accounting tweak expected to give insurer bond trading a boost
A statutory accounting tweak change made by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) last year is anticipated to boost bond...
A statutory accounting tweak change made by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) last year is anticipated to boost bond...
Article / 12 days ago
Balance of power is with the reinsurers & more demand is coming: S&P - Artemis
Analysts at S&P Global Ratings explained in Monte Carlo this week that the reinsurance industry remains in a hard market, especially in property...
Analysts at S&P Global Ratings explained in Monte Carlo this week that the reinsurance industry remains in a hard market, especially in property...
Article / 8 months ago
Reinsurers to attract fresh capital after Jan. 1 wins
While insurers may have winced at the spike in property-catastrophe prices at the Jan. 1 renewals, the resulting rate hikes and new policy terms should spur investor interest in the reinsurance space....
While insurers may have winced at the spike in property-catastrophe prices at the Jan. 1 renewals, the resulting rate hikes and new policy terms should spur investor interest in the reinsurance space....
Article / 1 year ago
La. insurance regulator 'optimistic' on cat reforms despite reinsurance squeeze
Louisiana's insurance commissioner hopes the state's new capital rules will spur carriers to buy more reinsurance even though coverage is getting...
Louisiana's insurance commissioner hopes the state's new capital rules will spur carriers to buy more reinsurance even though coverage is getting...
Article / 2 years ago
RVS 2022: Guy Carpenter chair hopes to lure new capital into cat reinsurance
Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC is having "very productive conversations" with investors about putting more money into the property-catastrophe reinsurance business, according to the reinsurance broker's chairman.
Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC is having "very productive conversations" with investors about putting more money into the property-catastrophe reinsurance business, according to the reinsurance broker's chairman.
Article / 2 years ago
Canada Life Re climbs FY'21 reinsurer rankings; Munich Re retains top spot
Scor lost its No. 5 spot to Canada Life Reinsurance despite a modest increase in premiums written in 2021...
Scor lost its No. 5 spot to Canada Life Reinsurance despite a modest increase in premiums written in 2021...
Article / 2 years ago
Insurance pools not a complete solution for cyberrisk, panelists say
The cyber threat is global, yet pooling mechanisms for systemic risks are typically national and so can form only part of the answer, experts told a terrorism insurance conference...
The cyber threat is global, yet pooling mechanisms for systemic risks are typically national and so can form only part of the answer, experts told a terrorism insurance conference...
Article / 4 years ago
Cat bonds find favor amid investor frustration with insurance-linked securities
Three years of nasty surprises, and the prospect of more, are taking their toll on the collateralized reinsurance market, but catastrophe bonds are picking up some of the slack, particularly...
Three years of nasty surprises, and the prospect of more, are taking their toll on the collateralized reinsurance market, but catastrophe bonds are picking up some of the slack, particularly...
Article / 4 years ago
New capital is flowing into the insurance industry, but this isn't 2001
Industry observers say there is a big opportunity to raise capital and form new companies amid hardening rates, but a big wave of start-ups is unlikely...
Industry observers say there is a big opportunity to raise capital and form new companies amid hardening rates, but a big wave of start-ups is unlikely...
Article / 4 years ago
Retroactive business interruption cover would make pricing 'astronomical'
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler said regulators are united in their opposition toward retroactively forcing insurers to cover business interruption claims that were...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler said regulators are united in their opposition toward retroactively forcing insurers to cover business interruption claims that were...
Article / 4 years ago
