Insurance Analysis & Opinion
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Premium volume down 12% in Latin American insurance market – Mapfre report
The Latin American insurance market saw an 11.9% decrease in premiums during 2020 to $134.361bn, of which 57% ($77.055bn) came…
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Risk landscape reset amid complex and changing renewals, says Howden
An already complex underwriting environment has been complicated further by the mix of heightened secondary catastrophe perils, rising core inflation,…
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Challenging renewals for construction amid capacity tightening
The pace of hardening in the construction insurance market has lost some of its steam in 2021, but buyers should…
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Shifting defence tactics for US nuclear verdicts
The soaring costs of nuclear verdicts have reached a point where transportation companies, product makers and other defendants are more…
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Austrian market less tricky for buyers but no time to relax, says HDI
Despite a fairly benign insurance market, Austrian corporates cannot afford to relax and must prepare for the next crisis, warns…
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Out of adversity comes opportunity, says leading Dutch broker
Sunny Léons, chief executive officer of Léons NL, Brokerslink’s partner in the Netherlands, talks to Commercial Risk Europe about the…
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What’s behind the upcoming reinsurance renewals? The reinsurer’s view
Simon Welton, market head, P&C UK and Ireland at Swiss Re UK, gives his view on how the European reinsurance…
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What’s behind the upcoming reinsurance renewals? The reinsurance broker’s view
Mike Van Slooten, head of business intelligence at Aon Reinsurance Solutions, tells GRM’s Garry Booth what forces are at work…
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Increase in EPL and D&O claims in US in 2022, predicts Clyde & Co
Next year is likely to see an increase in claims in the US for employment practices liability (EPL) and D&O,…
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Rate increases moderating but are there tough renewals ahead?
The countdown has started and we are rapidly coming to that crucial time of year – we’re not talking the…
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Crypto FOMO – is it catching?
“Bitcoin plunge reveals possible vulnerabilities in crazy imaginary internet money” reads a recent headline in the satirical magazine The Onion.…
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A world of trouble for political violence insurers
The political violence insurance market, which covers businesses against damage caused by strikes, riots and civil commotion, is bracing itself…
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Side-A D&O cover remains grey area for captives despite growing interest
There is growing interest among corporates to put D&O cover in their captive as the hard market bites, as well…
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Poland’s biggest insurer PZU urged to join European peers and exit coal
Poland’s biggest insurer PZU has been criticised by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), for continuing to…
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Satellite insurance sees rates soar as losses grow
A string of losses that ended a long run of profitability for space market insurers has sent rates skyward. A…
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Self-insurance accounts for 25% of workers comp benefits paid out in US
Employers that self-insure their workers compensation exposure in the US are paying an increasingly larger share of the benefits that…
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Top ten criteria for premium allocation to subsidiaries
In a global programme, the premium spend of the group will need to be allocated to the different subsidiaries according…
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COP 26: now’s the time
A pall of science-based pessimism, empty political rhetoric and corporate hubris hangs over the COP26 talks getting underway in Glasgow.…
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PwC report highlights climate change and cybercrime as non-life insurers’ main concerns
The rise in catastrophe risk in climate change, together with the growth in cybercrime, are the leading concerns of non-life…
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Lloyd’s joins insurance alliance as it commits to net-zero underwriting
Lloyd’s has joined the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) and committed to transition its underwriting portfolio to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions…
