All the headlines from our Munich Re Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 30 2017 // Munich Reinsurance America has created a new strategic position in its Reinsurance Division to help clients seize opportunities resulting from the rapidly developing field of insurtech. Robert Mozeika will assume the new...
Jan 27 2017 // Eight out of ten U.S. consumers have a home data network and more than a third of them connect entertainment systems, gaming consoles and other smart devices to the Internet.The same survey suggests that all of this...
Jan 5 2017 // Collinson Group, the London-based provider of insurance and assistance solutions, has appointed Saugata Basu as chief underwriting officer.In his role, Basu will partner with the group’s capacity providers to develop...
Jan 4 2017 // Insurers paid out around $50 billion for natural disaster claims last year, almost double 2015’s payout of $27 billion, reinsurer Munich Re said in its annual natural catastrophe review on Wednesday.Earthquakes in...
Dec 14 2016 // Next Insurance has partnered with Munich Re to launch a product targeting commercial photographers, who will be able to buy, renew and maintain policies online. According to a 2016 report by McKinsey & Co, the small...
Dec 12 2016 // The International Insurance Society (IIS) has chosen Nikolaus von Bomhard, chairman of the board of management of Munch Re, as the 2017 Insurance Hall of Fame Laureate.The Insurance Hall of Fame honors insurance standouts...
Dec 7 2016 // The Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility (CGIF)* announced it has executed its inaugural reinsurance treaty, with a panel of market leading private reinsurers, led by the specialist credit reinsurance team of Munich...
Nov 28 2016 // Listening to Andrew Rear talk about insurers, you wouldn’t think he works for one that’s been around for 136 years.The 46-year-old head of Munich Re’s Digital Partners unit has said the industry is...
Nov 22 2016 // Insurtech company Wrisk Ltd., which was founded earlier this year, has entered into an agreement with Munich Re’s Digital Partners business unit.Under the agreement, Munich Re companies become the exclusive carrier...
Sep 13 2016 // Trov, an on-demand insurance startup, is revving up plans to enter the U.S. market in 2017, by way of a partnership with Munich Re.Munich Re, one of the world’s largets reinsurers, says it intends to provide...
Aug 23 2016 // It won’t take another Hurricane Katrina for reinsurers to face losses from covering the cost of storms and earthquakes. Competitors such as hedge funds have eroded prices so much that a typical year of claims could...
Aug 9 2016 // Munich Re, the world’s second-biggest reinsurer, reported second-quarter profit that beat analysts’ expectations as gains from currencies and investments cushioned higher claims from natural disasters and...
Jul 25 2016 // Munich Re has partnered with New York City-based insurtech startup Slice Labs Inc. as Slice prepares to launch its first on-demand, per-use insurance product.Slice and Munich Re said they have agreed to an ongoing roll-out...
Jul 20 2016 // Cybersecurity is the biggest concern for companies evaluating risk in the nascent self-driving vehicle industry, according to a survey conducted by Munich Re.The world’s second-biggest reinsurer found that 55 percent...
Jul 13 2016 // Economic losses caused by natural catastrophes in the first half of 2016 totaled US$70 billion, a significant increase from the $59 billion reported for the first half of last year, according to a loss review issued by...
Jul 12 2016 // Munich Re has partnered with insurtech startup Slice Labs Inc. as Slice prepares to launch its first on-demand, per-use insurance product.Slice and Munich Re said they have agreed to an ongoing roll-out of products and...
Jun 23 2016 // Munich Re U.S. has appointed Stephan Hochburger and Paul Ludwig as senior vice presidents and client executives for the Reinsurance Division. They will report to Steven Levy, president of the Reinsurance Division (RD), and...
Jun 14 2016 // The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB), part of Munich Re, has introduced HSB Home Cyber Protection, a personal lines cyber insurance program for consumers.HSB Home Cyber Protection offers a suite...
Jun 1 2016 // Joe Stuhl has been named senior vice president and broker executive for Munich Reinsurance America’s (US) reinsurance division. Previously Stuhl was a client manager in the reinsurance division and oversaw some of...
Jun 1 2016 // Munich Re, the world’s second-biggest reinsurer, plans to spend 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) by 2020 restructuring operations at its loss-making primary insurance unit in Germany.The plan for ERGO’s German...