industry loss trigger

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.

Bermudian insurance and reinsurance group Arch Capital believes the industry loss from typhoon Jebi could now be as high as $13 billion and its CEO Marc Grandisson said that the market missed the business interruption and contingent BI exposures.

Reinsurance market sources are suggesting that the industry loss from typhoon Jebi in Japan will get closer to $12 billion, as loss creep continues from what is the most costly typhoon event to ever hit the country.

Property Claim Services (PCS) is to provide greater transparency for U.S. catastrophe loss estimates via the delivery of state-level market share data capture rates for U.S. events with insured losses of at least $1 billion.

Typhoon Jebi is estimated to have caused an insurance industry loss of $10 billion by Property Claim Services (PCS), with the potential for further loss creep apparent, according to Tom Johansmeyer, Co-Head PCS.

PCS has announced that it’s to deliver county-level resolutions for catastrophe events in the U.S. with insured losses of at least $1 billion, providing an enhanced level of granularity that contributes to lower basis risk in industry loss index trading.

Property Claim Services (PCS) is set to expand its range of industry loss data aggregation and index reporting services to include non-marine catastrophe losses in Japan, in response to demand from its client base. PCS provides estimates on catastrophe losses in a number of regions around the world, as well as specialty lines loss aggregation […]

Miller Insurance Services LLP, the London broker majority owned by Willis Towers Watson (WTW), has completed its acquisition of Lloyd’s accredited and London headquartered insurance and reinsurance broker Alston Gayler (AG).

The shift towards indemnity triggers in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has accelerated in 2018, but alternatives such as industry loss index triggers and parametric triggers remain important as well, with the potential to have meaningful impact, according to Willis Re’s ILS team.

Lloyd’s accredited and London headquartered insurance and reinsurance broker Alston Gayler (AG), which has a recognised ILW broking practice, is to be acquired by fellow broker Miller Insurance Services LLP, the London broker majority owned by Willis Towers Watson (WTW).