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Hong Kong’s Floods to Hit Insurers’ Earnings, Could Pressure Reinsurance Renewals

Sep 18 2023 // The recent devastating floods following Super Typhoon Saola in Hong Kong and other parts of China may add further pressure to the upcoming reinsurance renewals in January, according to an AM Best commentary.The overall...

Removing Barriers to CAT Risk Modeling Will Slow Insurer Flight From High-Risk Areas

Sep 18 2023 // Technology has been embraced in a variety of ways within the homeowners’ insurance market. Many aspects of the claims process have been automated, insurers are utilizing more climate data than ever before to predict...

Agents, Regulators Remind Insurers to Take Care of Insureds as Idalia Claims Start Coming in

Sep 18 2023 // The property insurance industry breathed a sigh of relief after Hurricane Idalia landed in a less-populated part of the coast, triggering just a few billion dollars in losses. But regulators have urged insurers to make...

Ardonagh Sells £1.2 Billion Insurance Unit to UK Insurer Markerstudy

Sep 15 2023 // The Ardonagh Group is selling its personal insurance business in a deal that will give Chief Executive Officer David Ross an £800 million ($1 billion) war chest for further acquisitions in specialist insurance...

Bank of England Tells UK to Hold Insurers to Account on Infrastructure Spending

Sep 14 2023 // The government should check that insurers are spending up to 100 billion pounds ($125 billion) on Britain’s economy after their capital rules were eased, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on...

Insurer Mapfre Faces Class Actions Over Data Breach

Sep 13 2023 // Two proposed class actions have been filed in federal court in Massachusetts against Mapfre U.S.A. Corp. and its affiliate Commerce Insurance Co. over a recent data breach that one of the lawsuits contends may have exposed...

Ex-Chairman of Top China Insurer Given Suspended Death Sentence

Sep 13 2023 // China sentenced the former head of the nation’s largest life insurer to death with a two-year reprieve, as President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on corruption in the financial industry continues.Wang Bin,...

UK Insurer Aviva to Sell Singlife Joint Venture Stake for $1 Billion

Sep 13 2023 // Aviva is quitting its Singlife joint venture, selling its 25.9% stake in Singapore Life Holdings and two debt instruments to Sumitomo Life for a combined 800 million pounds ($997 million), the British insurer said on...

China Relaxes Rules for Insurers to Invest in Stock Markets

Sep 12 2023 // China’s financial regulator on Sunday reduced the risk weighting it attaches to insurance companies’ holdings of blue-chip shares and tech stocks, encouraging them to invest more in the country’s lagging...

Non-Life Insurers’ Profits to See Boost From Higher Rates

Sep 11 2023 // Non-life insurers are set to significantly improve their profitability in the next few years as investment returns from higher rates cushion a hit from a rise in claims, a report by Swiss Re Institute showed on...

P/C Insurers Set to Significantly Improve Profitability Even as Claims Rise: Study

Sep 11 2023 // Non-life insurers are set to significantly improve their profitability in the next few years as investment returns from higher rates cushion a hit from a rise in claims, a report by Swiss Re Institute showed on...

Insurers Cheated Out of Millions in False Claims for Lost or Damaged Cell Phones

Sep 6 2023 // A Newark, New Jersey man has admitted that he conspired with others to defraud telephone providers and insurance companies out of millions of dollars by using stolen or fake identities to submit fraudulent claims for...

How Life Insurance Carriers Can Win at the Long Game of Annuity Broker Recruitment

Sep 6 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.Life insurance carriers that don’t prioritize compliance and onboarding for their variable lines brokers will lose traction in the life and annuities market over...

Florida Regulators Remind Insurers to Take Care of Insureds as Claims Come in

Sep 5 2023 // The property insurance industry breathed a sigh of relief after Hurricane Idalia landed in a less-populated part of the coast, but regulators have signaled a need to make sure that claims from the area, now topping 10,000,...

Private Flood Insurers See Opportunity as NFIP Increases Rates

Sep 4 2023 // While the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rolls out a new rating program generating premium increases for many policyholders, the private flood insurance market has seized the opportunity to grow its market share...

Rate Hikes Not Bringing Profit to US Auto Insurers: Fitch

Sep 4 2023 // Jumps in rates and written premiums did little to move the needle on underwriting profits for U.S. personal auto insurers, Fitch Ratings reported based on a recent review of midyear results of nine big market...

More Signs of Life in Florida: New Insurers, More Citizens Takeouts

Sep 4 2023 // Florida’s property insurance market is showing more signs of life, with another company requesting a large takeout order from Citizens Property Insurance and two new companies entering the arena in August.Tampa-based...

Judge Orders Camden Diocese to Rework Bankruptcy Plan After Insurers’ Complaints

Sep 1 2023 // The Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey must rework its bankruptcy plan to better protect insurers from invalid and inflated sexual abuse claims and unreasonable attorneys’ fees.Citing some concerns raised by...

Coal Producers Forced to Self-Insure as They Are Cut Adrift by Insurers

Aug 31 2023 // Some coal producers are having to set aside tens of millions of dollars to cover their own risks as they are cut adrift by insurers, making it more difficult and costly to do business amid a surge in demand for the fossil...

Dutch Insurer NN Says Extreme Weather May Make Further Premium Hikes Unavoidable

Aug 30 2023 // Dutch insurer NN Group NV may increase premiums further as extreme weather patterns become more prevalent, Chief Executive Officer David Knibbe said.While NN benefited from benign weather conditions in the first half of...