industry loss trigger

Property Claim Services (PCS) is greatly expanding its range of industry loss data aggregation and index reporting services to include Australia, New Zealand and also the Southeast Asia region, as it looks to capitalise on growing demand for its products.

Property Claim Services (PCS), is enhancing its PCS Global Marine & Energy insurance industry loss data aggregation and index service by breaking it down into lines of business, to enhance granularity in reporting and facilitate more focused risk transfer decisions.

Property Claim Services (PCS) has launched Mexico as the latest addition to its range of industry loss data aggregation and index reporting services, teaming up with Asociación Mexicana de Instituciones de Seguros (AMIS) for PCS Mexico.

If the loss creep linked to Japanese typhoon Jebi continues it has the potential to impact RenaissanceRe’s retrocessional reinsurance underwriting book, according to the firms CEO.

The impacts to reinsurance and ILS players from the typhoon Jebi losses in Japan may still have a little further to run, as the escalation of the industry loss has hit fresh layers in reinsurance programs, we’ve learned.

Over the last couple of years, Property Claim Services (PCS) has innovated and evolved to offer an enhanced, client-centric global strategy designed to serve both existing and new client needs.

Reported claims figures for the typhoons and extreme rainfall event that struck Japan last year have risen significantly, with the latest figures from the General Insurance Association of Japan (GIAJ) totalling over US $14.5 billion.

The insurance and reinsurance industry wide loss from Japanese typhoon Jebi looks destined to rise even further, with analysts saying that industry participants they met with recently in Bermuda have suggested the loss may settle at between $15 billion to as much as $16 billion.

Property Claim Services (PCS) industry loss data aggregation and index reporting services for non-marine catastrophe losses in Japan has already been used for an industry loss warranty (ILW).

Global reinsurance firm Swiss Re strengthened its typhoon Jebi loss reserves in the last quarter and the firms CFO John Dacey said that the company puts the industry loss from the storm at close to $13 billion now.