Casualty

Swiss Re confident Q3 reserving will not ‘drag down’ results
15 November 2024   CEO Berger expects to ‘sleep well’, but will stay vigilant and proactive where necessary.

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As casualty starts to experience turbulence, greater discipline is needed by all. That was one headline finding by a panel of senior casualty executives.
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Insurtechs are at the forefront of the movers and shakers and mould breakers of the re/insurance world. Intelligent Insurer selects its top 25 to watch
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Markel’s Tom Williams highlights the opportunities brought about by the historic US government bill.
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The legacy sector is increasingly becoming an integral part of the wider re/insurance market, and IRLA is seeing a membership boost as a result, as two of its directors explain.
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Memories of the World Trade Center attacks and the resulting stories of heroism remain etched in people’s minds. Marking the 20th anniversary of the events, RMS has published a whitepaper addressing how 9/11 changed the insurance industry’s view of terrorism risk.
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The threat of catastrophe losses from hurricanes may be re/insurers’ main concern when writing business in Florida—but, in fact, there are many arguably bigger challenges that are manmade, and therefore potentially preventable.
Operational Risk
Florida accounts for some 10 percent of all cat risk globally, but the market is in crisis—again. A panel of experts discussed some of the challenges facing the state’s insurance carriers and what that means for the reinsurers that support them.
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Climate change is here, and it is here to stay, but what are the responsibilities of the re/insurance industry and what role will it play in partnership with other stakeholders? Intelligent Insurer reports.
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6 November 2024   Increased competition among insurers resulted in downward pressure on rates.
4 November 2024   Lockton Re data suggests the 2020-2023 hard market block is likely to develop ‘favourably’.
1 November 2024   Casualty pricing hits pent-up inflection point forcing ‘more drastic actions.’
31 October 2024   Its group GWP growth falls to near zero after a spate of reductions across lower margin lines.
30 October 2024   But carrier discipline is holding ‘for the time being,’ even as competition rises.
30 October 2024   Appointee to build a new E&S property business to boost the specialty casualty portfolio.
29 October 2024   Under-pricing may span a full array of markets: primary & excess, admitted & non-admitted.
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