All the headlines from our Reinsurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 17 2014 // As waves of capital reshape reinsurer’s business model, the property/casualty insurance industry needs to change although exactly how remains a matter of debate.Reinsurers face a growing threat from the capital...
Jun 17 2014 // Vhi Healthcare, the Irish state-owned medical insurer, extended a reinsurance accord with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. as it seeks to move risk from its balance sheet and avoid a taxpayer...
Jun 16 2014 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Bermuda-based Wind River Reinsurance Company, Ltd. and its U.S....
Jun 16 2014 // Low catastrophe activity and claims experience so far this year have helped to put Texas’ insurer of last resort for properties along the Gulf Coast in a better position to face the 2014 hurricane season than it has...
Jun 13 2014 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” of Bermuda-based Partner Reinsurance Company Ltd. and its affiliates, as...
Jun 11 2014 // A new report from A.M. Best determined that “stocks for publicly traded reinsurance companies, including the four top European players, performed below the overall market for the first quarter of 2014, declining 1.3...
Jun 11 2014 // Fitch Ratings announced that it has upgraded Lloyd’s of London’s Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating to ‘AA-‘ from ‘A+’, and has also upgraded the Society of Lloyd’s Long-term...
Jun 9 2014 // CTC Insurance Management (Bermuda) Ltd, a subsidiary of Charles Taylor plc, has announced that William Wood has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. He will oversee the delivery of management and consulting...
Jun 3 2014 // Low catastrophe activity and claims experience so far this year have helped to put Texas’ insurer of last resort for properties along the Gulf Coast in a better position to face the 2014 hurricane season than it has...
May 29 2014 // A slide in reinsurance rates under competition from catastrophe bonds is starting to weigh on prices that companies like Zurich Insurance Group AG charge their own customers.The decline in the cost of reinsurance is...
May 23 2014 // In what can only be taken as an exceedingly encouraging sign for emerging markets around the world, an African Union-created agency has established the continent’s first-ever catastrophe insurance pool, offering...
May 21 2014 // Sixty-six chief executives of the world’s largest re/insurers have confirmed their commitment to The Geneva Association’s Climate Risk Statement―a set of guiding principles on the substantial role insurance...
May 20 2014 // A report – “Are Insurers Prepared For The Extreme Weather Climate Change May Bring?” – from Standard & Poor’s notes that “whether or not a direct result of climate change, the number...
May 19 2014 // May 19, 2014 – Denver, CO – OnPoint Underwriting (OnPoint) and Everest Re Group, Ltd. (NYSE:RE) announced a new relationship with Everest Reinsurance Accident and Health for the underwriting and management of HMO...
May 12 2014 // Computer technology has revolutionized the collection and use of massive amounts of data, and yet, somewhat ironically, it’s frequently harder to find what one actually needs. Aphorisms abound – “big...
May 8 2014 // The world’s largest reinsurer, Munich Re, reported an almost 5 percent drop in net profit in the first quarter, as a strong euro dragged down premium income.“Despite negative currency effects, we almost matched...
May 7 2014 // Liberty Mutual Insurance now offers equipment breakdown assumed reinsurance to insurers through treaties, programs and on a case-by-case basis, giving property/casualty insurers a new source for reinsurance of equipment...
May 7 2014 // Swiss Re and Hannover Re, the world’s no. 2 and 3 reinsurers, said they saw lower prices in natural disaster reinsurance and April renewals, as they beat profit expectations in the first quarter.Fewer serious natural...
May 7 2014 // Lloyd’s Old Library was the setting yesterday for the launch of inhance, a new product designed to close gaps in existing models that continue to expose re/insurers – and companies – to unexpected catastrophe...
May 5 2014 // Berkshire-Hathaway’s primary property/casualty operations recorded double-digit gains in premiums and pre-tax earnings in the first quarter, but P/C reinsurance results contributed to a 6.6 percent drop in operating...