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California-based TicketGuardian, an insurtech firm providing technology solutions for its wholly-owned insurance subsidiary, FanShield, has raised $8 million Series A funding led by American Family Ventures and IA Capital Group. 20 December 2018
Insurance
Assurant expects to record between $110 million to $150 million pre-tax, of fourth quarter 2018 reportable catastrophe losses in its global housing segment. 20 December 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a+” to Bermuda-based Vermeer Reinsurance, a property catastrophe reinsurer that has recently been launched by RenaissanceRe and Dutch pension fund manager PGGM. 20 December 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Market participants are expecting steadily rising reinsurance pricing over the course of 2019, according to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) analysts. 20 December 2018
Insurance
Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings estimated its pre-tax loss from California wildfires in the range of $125 million to $150 million. 20 December 2018
Insurance
Swiss Re has reached an agreement with Japanese insurance group MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (MS&AD) for a further investment of £315 million into ReAssure, Swiss Re's UK closed life book consolidator. 20 December 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Losses from hurricane Michael and the devastating Camp and Woolsey wildfires in California will feature prominently in the fourth quarter 2018 earnings, resulting in what is likely to be disappointing profitability for many reinsurers for the second consecutive year, according to Moody’s. 19 December 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings and Dutch pension fund manager PGGM are launching a new property catastrophe reinsurer called Vermeer Reinsurance to provide capacity focused on risk remote layers in the US property catastrophe market. 18 December 2018
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Though cyber risk is a distinctly global threat, the cyber insurance markets in the US and the EU have developed in different directions both in terms of products and pricing. This has consequences for players that are eager to take advantage of the significant growth potential of this line of business, as Intelligent Insurer discovers. 18 December 2018
Insurance
Lloyd’s and six market syndicates will begin using Parsyl, a supply chain data startup, to better manage risk for temperature sensitive classes of business. 17 December 2018
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