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Lloyd's syndicates have emerged as the largest writer of non-life reinsurance in Puerto Rico, analysis from The Insurance Insider has shown.
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Hurricane Maria promises to bring a significant commercial loss that will impact some of the industry's major international players, but the Puerto Rican domestic market is dominated by a cadre of relatively small local carriers that buy a significant amount of reinsurance.
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Cat bond prices improved at the end of last week as it became clear that Hurricane Irma was not going to be a major threat to the cat bond segment of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market.
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As this year's hurricane season continued to show strong momentum with Hurricane Irma following shortly after Hurricane Harvey, investors grew increasingly wary of the P&C (re)insurance industry suffering the possibility of three-digit billion dollar losses and reacted accordingly.
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Projections from provisional gross loss estimates from listed Floridian insurers Federated National and Homeowners Choice (HCI) point to a $6.1bn privately insured homeowners' loss from Hurricane Irma in the state, analysis from The Insurance Insider shows.
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The Insurance Insider breaks down Florida premium ceded by the largest carriers
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One common characteristic of the strongest leaders is that once they know something important, they are unable to ignore it.
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Total return reinsurers reported better second quarter results than in the prior-year period, as they generated lower combined ratios and returns that were slightly ahead of analysts' forecasts.
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Equity analysts last week crunched the numbers to estimate the impact of Harvey on individual (re)insurers even while the event continued to unfold
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Underwriters in America's surplus lines market saw direct written premium (DWP) grow by a lacklustre 2.8 percent to $42.4bn last year, according to a new study from rating agency AM Best.
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P&C (re)insurance carriers delivered healthy returns in the second quarter, with the majority posting results that beat Wall Street expectations, yet investors were quick to punish companies on the stock market as underlying performances weakened.
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Investment returns across the companies in our coverage universe were slightly up year-on-year in the three months to 30 June 2017, but remained at anaemic single-digit levels.