Insurance
Requiring insurers to cover pandemic-related shutdowns would jeopardize industry’s solvency, experts say
Most insurance experts believe legislative proposals that would require insurers to cover business-interruption (BI) claims stemming from COVID-19 related shutdowns, even if the insurance policies exclude pandemic-related losses, threaten the solvency of the insurance industry. This is the finding of a survey conducted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and the Wisconsin School…
Read MoreLondon’s ILS development hampered by bureaucracy: London Matters report
London’s efforts to develop a market for insurance-linked securities (ILS) has been “hampered by bureaucracy” according to a new report from the market-wide body that represents the London specialist commercial insurance and reinsurance sector. The London Matters 2020 report from the London Market Group (LMG) and consultancy McKinsey explains that London was reacting to a…
Read MoreAllstate’s top-end target for Sanders Re II cat bond lifts to $200m
Insurance giant Allstate’s top-end target for its latest catastrophe bond transaction has been lifted to as much as $200 million, while at the same time price guidance for the Sanders Re II Ltd. (Series 2020-2) cat bond deal has been lifted to the top-end of initial guidance. Allstate returned to the catastrophe bond market a…
Read MoreNN Life transfers EUR 13.5bn of pension longevity risk to reinsurers
NN Life, part of the Nationale-Nederlanden (NN Group), has secured reinsurance arrangements with leading reinsurers Canada Life, Munich Re and Swiss Re to transfer all of the longevity risk associated with some EUR 13.5 billion of pension liabilities from the Netherlands. NN Group said that the longevity reinsurance arrangements will lower its required capital and…
Read MoreFlorida Citizens withdraws larger tranche of Everglades Re II 2020 cat bond
Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has now pulled the largest $200 million tranche of Coastal Account linked notes from its Everglades Re II Ltd. (Series 2020-1 & 2020-2) catastrophe bond issuance, leaving just a $100 million tranche being marketed. It seems likely the move is a response to Florida reinsurance market conditions, as having already…
Read MoreBeazley raises $300m to expand & respond to Covid-19
Specialist London market insurance and reinsurance firm Beazley has successfully raised around $300 million through an equity placement designed to fund growth, enable it to capitalise on rates and help it respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. Beazley’s move, to raise capital, had been expected and comes on the heels of Hiscox doing the same. The…
Read MoreRKH & Descartes in parametric wind trade for European asset owner
RKH Reinsurance Brokers, a division of the Hyperion Insurance Group and parametric risk transfer and technology focused managing general agency (MGA) Descartes Underwriting have completed a wind risk trade for a European asset owner, using the AkinovA platform. The trade saw a European owner of outdoor advertising assets looking for a year’s supplemental insurance coverage…
Read MoreTriple-I Launches Campaign To Support Resiliency Of The Economy During The Coronavirus Pandemic
On May 18 the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) announced the launch of the Future of American Insurance & Reinsurance (FAIR) campaign. FAIR will focus on ensuring the insurance industry is able to sustain its longstanding role as the country’s backbone of economic growth and stability. FAIR is being set into motion as the country seeks…
Read MoreDominic Addesso appointed non-exec Chairman of BMS
Dominic Addesso, the former CEO of Everest Re, has been appointed by independent insurance and reinsurance brokerage BMS Group as its new Non-Executive Chairman of its U.S. reinsurance broking arm. Addesso departed from insurance and reinsurance carrier Everest Re at the end of 2019, following six years at the company. BMS has strengthened its board…
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