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The insurance industry in the midst of a customer-led revolution – and the players best equipped to adjust and put customers at the heart of what they do will be the ones that will prosper, Mario Greco, group chief executive of Zurich Insurance, wrote in his foreword in the insurer’s annual report for 2017. 9 March 2018
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Bermuda-based PartnerRe has revealed that it will exit the upstream energy insurance market having signed a deal to transfer its book of business to Ark Syndicate Management. 9 March 2018
Insurance
The sale of specialty re/insurer Canopius by Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance to a private equity consortium led by Centerbridge Partners has been completed. 9 March 2018
Insurance
German insurer Allianz has appointed Iván de la Sota to its board of management as chief business transformation officer. 9 March 2018
Insurance
The total financial cost, including business interruption, of Storm Emma, which affected a large area of Europe during the second half of February, could reach hundreds of millions dollars – though the figure will very likely be higher, with a high volume of filed insurance claims reported. 9 March 2018
Insurance
ASSA Compañía Tenedora is the ninth member joining Blue Marble, a consortium of insurers and reinsurers focused on providing insurance to the 2 billion people around the world facing financial protection gaps. 8 March 2018
Insurance
The insured property market losses from extratropical cyclone Zeus, which primarily affected France on 6 and 7 March 2017, has reached €272 million, according to Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS. 6 March 2018
Insurance
The re/insurance industry loss from extratropical cyclone Friederike (also called David) is currently estimated at €1.466 billion, according to the Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS. 28 February 2018
Insurance
Catastrophe losses stemming mainly from the three the hurricanes and wildfires that hit the US last year cost Berkshire Hathaway some $3 billion and led to heavy underwriting losses in its re/insurance units. But Warren Buffett, the company’s chairman, was quick to stress that such years are rare and prior to 2017 the company had recorded 14 consecutive years of underwriting profits. 26 February 2018
Insurance
Zurich Insurance Group has entered into an agreement to acquire the operations of Australian insurer QBE in Latin America for a total aggregate price of $409 million. 26 February 2018
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