insurance

Zurich headquartered specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investment fund manager Twelve Capital has noted that a private collateralised ILS contract has potential exposure to the ongoing Australian bushfire losses.

Insurance products, reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) are all examples of financial shock absorbers for climate change risks, but while it can encourage behavioural change through the sending of price signals, a new report from McKinsey highlights the reality that the sector business models may need to change.

The Florida insurance market is in a state of flux, as strains from recent years have begun to drive ratings assessments and a situation where capitalisation is key, leading to a number of carrier disposals and a likelihood that both reinsurance capital and private debt will become more in-demand.

U.S. commercial property insurance rates continued to accelerate, in terms of rate firming or hardening, towards the end of 2019, with December seeing the highest monthly rate increases of the year.

For the first time in the history of the annual World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report all of the top five global risks in terms of likelihood are related to climate change and environmental issues.

U.S. and global primary insurance carrier and reinsurance company Chubb has announced an expected fourth-quarter pre-tax and net of reinsurance hit of $430 million from catastrophe losses and an additional $23 million of losses from U.S. agricultural lines which were hit be weather-related poor growing conditions.

Tremor Technologies Inc., the programmatic insurance and reinsurance risk transfer marketplace provider, believes that through the use of technology such as its own the reinsurance placement process can be made much faster and more accurate, with better outcomes possible for both sides of the deal.

Demotech, Inc. has issued a warning that some Florida insurance carriers are facing serious challenges, with a number expected to be downgraded, while others could enter run-off if they cannot successfully negotiate a way forwards or attract the necessary capital.

New Paradigm Underwriters, LLC, the Florida-headquartered specialist managing general agency focused on parametric insurance, reinsurance and risk transfer products, has announced the hiring of former Greenlight Re Deputy Chief Underwriting Officer Matthew Grunewald.

The ongoing Australian bushfire disaster could now become the most costly on record, after estimated insurance claims rose by another 43% to reach A$1.34 billion (around US $925m) and a further sharp increase in the loss is now expected.