Chief among the negative drivers is the heightened natural catastrophe activity that continues to test investors’ risk tolerance levels, according to a new Best’s Market Segment Report, titled, “Market Segment Outlook: Global Reinsurance.” AM Best has maintained its...
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Hurricane Ian drives global Nat Cat insured losses to $115 billion in 2022: Swiss Re
2022 is the second consecutive year in which the estimated insured losses total more than $100 billion, continuing the trend of a 5–7% average annual increase over the past decade The re/insurance industry covered roughly 45% of the economic losses this year,...
UN appeals for record $51.5 billion to help 230 million on the brink in 2023
At least “222 million people … will face acute food insecurity in 53 countries by the end of this year. In 2023, 45 million people in 37 countries risk starvation, according to the Global Humanitarian Overview Numerous countries had been hit by lethal droughts and...
Martin Zschech to lead Global Industry Solutions & Client Management team at AGCS
Global Industry Solutions is a key part of the NEW AGCS strategy. It creates an industry-led sales model for AGCS targeting specific industry segments, with GIS Directors as single points of contact to drive solutions across all Lines of Business and other Allianz...
Yellen says appropriate for U.S. firms to assess China geopolitical risks
`` But we are seeing a range of geopolitical risks rise to prominence, and it's appropriate for American businesses to be thinking about what those risks are." said U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Yellen also said China's persistent COVID-19 lockdowns were...
Rising inflation, falling wages threaten increased poverty and unrest: ILO
“Income inequality and poverty will rise if the purchasing power of the lowest paid is not maintained,” he said. “In addition, a much-needed post-pandemic recovery could be put at risk. This could fuel further social unrest across the world and undermine the goal of...
SCOR completes a £1.7 billion longevity transaction with Balfour Beatty Pension Trust
Frieder Knüpling, SCOR, CEO Life & Health, said: “This transaction underlines SCOR’s strong appetite to deliver longevity solutions to our clients. Recent world events have brought life and health risks into sharp focus and now, more than ever, we are seeing...
Global regulators to target crypto platforms after FTX crash
“The sense of urgency was not the same even two or three years ago. There are some dissenting opinions about whether crypto is a real issue at the international level because some people think that it’s still not a material issue and risk.Things are changing and due...
AGCS to boost Alternative Risk Transfer team
With a realigned risk appetite and underwriting strategy, ART will target growth opportunities in two major areas: first, captive solutions including captive fronting, and second in the area of structured solutions, which are multi-year, multi-line coverages,...
Activists aggravate art insurers’ climate headache
“At the moment it’s just climate change activists, who are mainly middle-class liberals and are not really intending to damage the work,” said Robert Read, head of art and private client at insurer Hiscox. “What we worry about is if it spreads to other protest groups...