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Auto insurers have been looking to advances in technology such as rear-view cameras and collision-avoidance systems to lower the cost and frequency of claims, but some have suggested that the new developments are among the factors helping to drive up losses
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Gross written premium (GWP) expansion at Bermudian (re)insurers slowed in Q4 2016, following a lumpy, M&A-driven prior-year quarter and a slowdown in insurance underwriting.
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London market carrier Novae's delayed results, which are scheduled for publication this week, are likely to come under intense scrutiny as investors look for signs of a resurgence following a tumultuous end to 2016.
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Share price data on The Insurance Insider's universe of P&C (re)insurers
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US specialty carriers handed back more capital in the fourth quarter of 2016 than in the same period of the previous year, as more companies opted to give out dividends and share repurchases declined.
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Total return reinsurers reported another quarter of deteriorating results in their year-long struggle to achieve profit on both the underwriting and investment side of their balance sheets.
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Higher large losses and creeping expense ratios blighted the profitability of the London market in the fourth quarter, with several Lloyd's arms of international carriers posting combined ratios of over 100 percent.
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The active second half of 2016 for M&A in the US and Bermudian P&C industry is likely to continue this year, but with a shift towards greater interest from potential European buyers, according to Deloitte.
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Berkshire Hathaway's Gen Re and the group's primary insurance operations, which include recently formed specialty carrier Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), have generated profits of more than $4bn in the past half-decade.
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The Insurance Insider's index of P&C (re)insurance companies rose by 1.04 percent in the week to hit 1,055.5 points.
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US specialty insurers reported declining annualised operating returns on equity (RoEs) in the fourth quarter of 2016, as a modest improvement in investment returns failed to compensate for a contraction in underwriting margins.
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Underwriting performance in The Insurance Insider's US specialty composite deteriorated in the three months to 31 December for the first time in the past five years.