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Hawaii has been hit with strong winds and torrential rain as Hurricane Lane approaches the US state, causing flash flooding and landslides, according to an Aug. 24 BBC News report. 24 August 2018
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Insurance premiums generated by emerging insurtech services will exceed $400 billion by 2023, up from an estimated $187 billion in 2018, according to a study by Juniper Research. 22 August 2018
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A group of 18 US property/casualty reinsurers wrote $30.1 billion of net premiums during the six-months ended June 30, 2018, compared to $22.5 billion for the same period in 2017, according to data released by the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA). 22 August 2018
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Chubb has surpassed American International Group (AIG) to become the largest cyber underwriter in the US, according to data by AM Best. 21 August 2018
Insurance
A modeled single-event cyber catastrophe would generate “meaningful to significant” gross losses for three of the top 20 cyber insurance providers, ranging from 15 percent to 119 percent of these companies’ estimated 2022 policyholder surplus under a stress-test scenario, according to AM Best. 21 August 2018
Insurance
S&P Global Ratings has revised its outlook to positive from stable on Argo Group US and its subsidiaries, reflecting the potential for further advancement in Argo's enterprise risk management (ERM) programme and progress in the company's strategic initiatives that result in improved underwriting earnings. 20 August 2018
Insurance
Brit Global Specialty USA (BGSU) has affirmed its commitment to the US Yacht market after media reports saying that Brit Global Speciality, Lloyd’s syndicate 2987, ended its yacht insurance business lines. 15 August 2018
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Reinsurers have embraced third-party capital through instruments like sidecars, collateralized reinsurance, and catastrophe bonds and the retrocession market increasingly depends on this convergence capital, a new report by S&P Global Ratings states. 15 August 2018
Insurance
UK-based personal lines insurer esure has received £1.2 billion acquisition offer from private equity firm Bain Capital in a deal that would take esure private. 14 August 2018
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AmTrust Financial Services, Maiden Holding’s biggest client has continued to drag the reinsurer’s performance in the second quarter of 2018 and both companies decided to reduce the notice period for termination of their quota share agreement from nine months to five months prior to July 1, 2019. 10 August 2018
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