Capital Stabilizes, Prices Keep Softening During Jan. 1 Renewals: Guy Carpenter January 6, 2016 Reinsurance capital levels stabilized during the Jan. 1, 2016 renewals – showing no growth for the first time in several...
Guy Carpenter Appoints Meyenhofer as Head of Global Partners for EMEA January 5, 2016 Guy Carpenter & Co. has appointed of Matthias Meyenhofer as managing director to lead the firm’s Global Partners client segment...
Florida Lawmakers to Industry: We Want YOU to Join State Flood Insurance Market December 30, 2015 By Amy O'Connor “We think the time is right for you all to explore the [Florida] flood insurance market.” That was the message...
JBA Releases Comprehensive UK Flood Model before Flood Re Launch December 18, 2015 UK-based JBA Risk Management, a global provider of flood modelling services for insurers, reinsurers, and property or asset managers, announced...
Tianjin Port Explosions to Cost Industry at Least $2 Billion: Insurer Filings November 18, 2015 By Sarah Jones Insurer Talanx AG’s $122 million loss from port explosions at Tianjin, one of China’s worst industrial disasters, takes the net...
Amtrak Sponsors $275M Cat Bond for Northeast Storm Surge, Wind, Quake October 14, 2015 Amtrak is getting $275 million of reinsurance protection from the capital markets for its wholly owned captive, covering storm surge,...
Tianjin Port Blast Chemical Contamination Likely to Boost Re/Insurers’ Losses September 30, 2015 By Carolyn Cohn Contamination from chemicals is likely to increase the cost to insurers of last month’s blasts in the Chinese port of...
Guy Carpenter Report Examines Major Emerging Risks Facing Re/Insurers September 16, 2015 A report published by Guy Carpenter & Co., released Sept. 2015, identified four key areas of emerging risk for re/insurers:...
Guy Carpenter Execs Discuss Reinsurance Trends at Rendez-Vous Panel September 14, 2015 Challenging market conditions due to abundant capacity, the ongoing influx of new capital and limited loss experience, continue to put...
Reinsurers Expect Continued Downward Pressure on Pricing During 2016 September 14, 2015 By Sarah Jones The world’s largest reinsurers and brokers see little relief in pricing in 2016 amid a relentless influx of alternative capital...