All the headlines from our Reinsurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 16 2002 // According to A.M. Best Co., the unprecedented events of Sept. 11 have forever changed the way the insurance industry defines risk as both property and liability lines have been exposed to catastrophic risks that cannot be...
Jan 14 2002 // A recent survey by Reuters News Service indicates that the expected strong surge in reinsurance premiums for property catastrophe coverage may be a good deal less than originally anticipated.Although the market remains...
Jan 14 2002 // During the first weeks of December, covering the story of whether or not Congress would pass a federal terrorism reinsurance bill before the year 2001 was out was pretty much a waiting game. At the time, most insurance...
Jan 14 2002 // During the first weeks of December, covering the story of whether or not Congress would pass a federal terrorism reinsurance bill before the end of 2001 was pretty much a waiting game.At the time, most insurance industry...
Jan 10 2002 // Several commercial insurers will cut coverage for losses caused by acts of terror, allowing 2001 policies to go unrenewed for 2002, Standard & Poor’s reported. It added that the withdrawal from the market will...
Jan 9 2002 // Bermuda’s Max Re Capital Ltd. announced that it has purchased $50 million worth of shares in DaVinci Re Holdings Ltd, and its operating subsidiary DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd. (DaVinci Re), the new Bermuda-based property...
Jan 9 2002 // As insurance companies encounter a growing number of toxic mold and mildew-related claims, the industry needs to be acutely aware of health risks associated with the problem, as well as coverage considerations, public...
Jan 8 2002 // Gerling Global Reinsurance Corporation of America (GGRCA) announced the addition of $150 million in capital, through access of its parent company Gerling Global Re. The capital contributions will enable GGRCA to maximize...
Jan 8 2002 // According to a Jan. 7 Los Angeles Times article, California has refused to allow insurers to adopt terrorism exclusion language, a move which has already been by approximately 20 other states in the wake of Sept. 11.The...
Dec 28 2001 // The Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Association (WCRA) announced it is reducing the reinsurance rates it charges to self-insured Minnesota employers and insurance companies by an average of 12 percent.The rate...
Dec 28 2001 // Standard & Poor’s announced that it has assigned its double-‘A’-minus insurer financial strength and counterparty credit ratings to newly created Dublin-based reinsurer Irish Reinsurance Partners...
Dec 28 2001 // With the Senate not addressing the issue of federal terrorism reinsurance legislation before the end of the year, The Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. (RIMS) expressed its disappointment. The Jan. 1 renewal date...
Dec 27 2001 // Philadelphia-based PMA Capital Corporation announced that it has successfully completed a public offering of shares of Class A common stock, raising around $158 million in new capital. Standard & Poor’s also...
Dec 24 2001 // In what became one of the most significant, traumatic and challenging years in U.S. history, the insurance industry, along with the rest of the nation, has had to come to terms with the terrorist attacks perpetrated...
Dec 24 2001 // In response to no Congressional action being taken on federal terrorism reinsurance legislation died in 2001, Ken Crerar, president of The Council of Insurance Agents + Brokers, stated that the move was a disappointment to...
Dec 18 2001 // Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd., the new Bermuda-based insurer, backed by Aon and Zurich Financial Services (See IJ Website Nov. 8), announced that it has successfully raised $1.2 billion of capital through private...
Dec 18 2001 // Responding to insurers’ concerns over the future availability of reinsurance coverage for terrorism, Darla L. Lyon, director of South Dakota’s Division of Insurance, announced the department will approve...
Dec 18 2001 // A.M. Best announced that it has affirmed Lloyd’s “A- (Excellent) rating and has removed the “under review” status of its rating, which it applied shortly after the September 11 attacks.Best...
Dec 17 2001 // W.R. Berkley Corp. of Greenwich, Connecticut announced that it has established a reserve of $12 million, “after taxes and net of reinsurance, for potential losses arising from the recent bankruptcy filing by Enron...
Dec 17 2001 // Recollections and Renewal: Looking Back at 2001 with an Eye to the FutureThis is the year that was. It is one that many people will be glad to see come to an end because the new year always brings hope—for a rebirth, for...