The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) has added to the estimates of a potentially tough Atlantic hurricane season after predicting an "active or extremely active" 2013…Read more
Insured property losses from the deadly spate of 18-20 May US tornadoes are expected to reach between $2bn and $5bn, according to catastrophe risk modeller Eqecat…Read more
Lloyd's insurer Marketform is stepping into US medical malpractice insurance business from the start of next month as it looks to diversify its international portfolio…Read more
Marsh is adding to its South American platform with a deal to buy leading Peruvian broker Rehder y Asociados Group for undisclosed terms…Read more
Xchanging senior claims adjuster Darren Moles has resigned and is set to join rival service provider Charles Taylor, after another senior claims staffer resigned earlier this week, The Insurance Insider can report…Read more
Japanese big three insurer Tokio Marine and giant agricultural cooperative Zenkyoren have disclosed that they are holding discussions about the formation of a "comprehensive strategic alliance"…Read more
Bermuda-headquartered White Mountains is the latest (re)insurer to enter the convergence arena by unveiling a new capital markets division through its reinsurance arm Sirius International… Read more
The global P&C market will expand by 50 percent to EUR1.85tn over the next eight years, fuelled by rampant economic expansion and the growth of the middle classes in emerging economies, according to the industry's largest reinsurer… Read more
Generalist investors - such as pension funds and other mainstream fund managers - are continuing to lift their share of new cat bond issuance in 2013, according to updated statistics obtained by sister publication Trading Risk… Read more
Amlin grew its top line by 7 percent during the first four months of the year, falling short of the 11-12 percent growth reported by its fellow quoted peers Beazley, Catlin and Hiscox, all of which based their interim reports on the first quarter alone… Read more
Chinese carriers are taking significant participations on large US and global property programmes as they look to diversify exposures and grow their premium bases… Read more
Reinsurer M&A 2012… Read more
The Insurance Insider Data Room tracks the latest company and industry loss developments from Superstorm Sandy… Read more
Weekly share price movements and key data on The Insurance Insider's universe of P&C (re)insurers and brokers… Read more
Weekly share price movements and key data on The Insurance Insider's universe of P&C (re)insurers and brokers… Read more
Travelers opened a $1.25bn hole in its previously tight US cat programme after running its Longpoint Re II securitisation through RMS Version 11 created a much higher attachment point for the cat bond, The Insurance Insider reported in June… Read more
Social networking site Facebook bought $100mn of standard ABC-side directors' and officers' cover - offering the company and its directors protection against corporate liabilities - along with a further $100mn of A-side only cover, which is available to directors and officers if the company is unable or unwilling to indemnify them, The Insurance Insider reported in May 2012.… Read more
Marsh is adding to its South American platform with a deal to buy leading Peruvian broker Rehder y Asociados Group for undisclosed terms.… Read more
Brian Gulbransen has re-emerged in the market at ILS Capital Management, the Bermudian fund manager run by his former CEO at Ariel, Don Kramer.… Read more
Insured property losses from the deadly spate of 18-20 May US tornadoes are expected to reach between $2bn and $5bn, according to catastrophe risk modeller Eqecat.… Read more
US wholesale broker ClearView Risk Holdings and its subsidiary Southwest Risk have sued former CEO and board member Bryan Wilburn after he left to set up a competitor, taking two producing brokers with him and allegedly soliciting clients.… Read more
The Chinese Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) has issued a three-pillar second-generation solvency framework that will look familiar to Solvency II watchers… Read more
The Chinese Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) has issued a three-pillar second-generation solvency framework that will look familiar to Solvency II watchers… Read more
German run-off (re)insurer Darag has bought the legacy carrier Hanseatica Rückversicherungs-AG in its first acquisition since receiving a EUR60mn capital injection last month… Read more
Estimates of damage to surrounding homes and business suggests that the overall insurance bill from the explosion at West Fertilizer's plant in West, Texas, last week may reach $100mn, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. … Read more
He may be an American citizen, but Tom Bolt has certainly mastered the ancient British art of understatement… Read more
Fresh from the successful £1.2bn IPO of his motor insurer esure, industry entrepreneur Peter Wood is our May profile… Read more
When The Insurance Insider returned to Bermudian shores in late 2012 for its latest reinsurance roundtable it was with one eye on the past and one eye on the future… Read more
This bespoke guide includes an introduction to key measures used to assess (re)insurers financial strength, profitability and underwriting profile and performance… Read more
When The Insurance Insider sat down to set themes for discussion at its first ever PCI roundtable, it eased into autopilot mode. A benign hurricane season and the dynamics of excess supply and dwindling demand looked set to dominate in the lead up to the 1 January reinsurance renewals… Read more
With so much background noise and potentially conflicting information being put out at this important time in the reinsurance calendar, we at thought that it would be a valuable exercise to compile the key ‘takeaways' for the 1 January 2013 renewals season… Read more