First-half nat cat and man-made disaster losses of $20bn were well down on the $35bn ten-year average, according to preliminary Swiss Re figures. The reinsurer’s sigma numbers show that nat cats caused $18bn of insured losses in the first half of 2018, compared to a ten-year average of $35bn. Man-made disaster losses stood at just $2bn, from an average of…
The NotPetya cyberattack did not meet criteria for ‘warlike’ activity and therefore should not have triggered the war exclusion in cyber polices, Marsh concluded this week. But if insurers insist on including this exclusion, its wording must be reformed to provide clarity, the broker added…
Aon Benfield numbers show that 2018’s second-quarter catastrophe bond issuance was the third largest for this period in history, and will only add to global reinsurance capital that even rose after last year’s heavy nat cats as alternative funding continued to surge…
German insurance managers should not expect relaxed property renewals with HDI Global at coming renewals, as its parent company Talanx sent a clear message during the Hanover-based group’s half-year results that its combined ratio is not good enough and efforts to sort out the book need to be redoubled…
Drought and wildfires across Europe last month are set to cost a minimum €3.5bn in economic losses…
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) has announced plans to double the volume of general liability business written from its Netherlands office, which serves the Benelux and Nordic regions…
Chubb has appointed Janet Edey as head of management liability for the UK and Ireland. In her new role, Ms Edey will be responsible for leading and overseeing the development and execution of Chubb’s management liability strategy. The appointment is effective immediately and Ms Edey will report to Hilda Toh, financial lines manager for UK and Ireland at Chubb. Ms…
Political risk is mostly deteriorating across Africa, according to the latest report from Gallaghers. In its quarterly outlook, it highlights seven Sub Saharan African countries where the threat of political risks is on the increase, compared to just three countries where the risk is declining. The riskier countries in July (compared to January) include Burkino Faso, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic…
The Nigerian regulator has given Linkage Assurance approval to underwrite agricultural insurance. The ‘no objection’ nod from the National Insurance Commission will enable Linkage to support farmers and service providers in the agricultural value chain for greater sustainability and economic growth. The products approved include Linkage Assurance Crop Insurance Solutions, Linkage Assurance Farm All Risk Insurance, Linkage Assurance Farm Motor…
The US-based Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) has released its biannual Cyber Market Watch Survey, which showed that the cyber insurance take-up rate among US insurance managers remained low at 32%, despite rising awareness of the risk within the c-suite. Some 89% of survey respondents also said that premium pricing remained flat or fell during the past six months.…