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Insurance

Thai insurers braced for $30m hit from collapsed office building

Total cost of last Friday's earthquake expect to go into low billions.   31 March 2025

Alternative Risk Transfer

ILS fever may be set to spread beyond cat bonds

A multi-year rally for catastrophe bonds with accompanying flurry of issuance may have begun to spill over into growth for reinsurance sidecars and parallel collateralised ILS spaces as pricing disparity tempts investors back into the related sub-classes.   17 March 2025

Insurance

Pinched P&C carriers turn to surplus notes to keep pace post-pandemic

Some carriers have worked surplus notes to ward off worst of reinsurance hardening.   24 March 2025

Reinsurance

Swiss Re P&C profit slumps 20% as casualty reserving strain takes toll

Liability reserve strengthening means P&C overshot 87% COR target.   27 February 2025

Reinsurance

US property cat reinsurance to steady ahead of midyear renewals

Large US cat losses will harden pricing for US exposures: Moody’s.   14 March 2025

Insurance

Travelers offers product liability cover for life sciences companies

New offering aims to help medtech, pharma companies with product-related claims.   12 March 2025

Insurance

2024 hurricane first look: TSR warns on a ‘very active’ season

El Niño slips away after 2023 arrival, leaves Atlantic at mercy of warm sea temperatures.  

Technology

WR Berkley launches new business with embedded market pioneer

The executive was CEO of a Zurich unit and held key roles at Farmers for 15 years.   4 March 2025

Insurance

Change at the top as Argo CEO steps down

Jessica Buss, who has led company since 2023 takeover, is succeeded by CFO.   25 March 2025

Alternative Risk Transfer

Hannover Re doubles down on parametric cyber risk with larger cat bond

Cumulus Re II ups retrocessional protection by over 45%.   27 March 2025

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