Third Point Re has said that deteriorating market conditions in the reinsurance market have prompted it to limit the size of its catastrophe investment fund. 19 May 2014
Access to decision-makers, rapid production of policy documentation, better information on underwriter risk appetite and global coverage top brokers' wish lists, a survey by ACE has found. 19 May 2014
US property & casualty insurers suffered losses throughout the first quarter of 2014, driven primarily by higher weather-related losses and elevated non-cat losses. 16 May 2014
The inherent conservatism of re/insurers is discouraging them from considering asset allocations that can help increase investment returns without any corresponding increase in volatility. 16 May 2014
Willis Group has secured $55 million of index-based reinsurance capacity from the international weather risk markets for Africa’s first ever catastrophe insurance pool, ARC, which is based in Bermuda. 15 May 2014
According to Jacob Rosengarten, chief enterprise risk officer for XL, greater connectivity and technology are intensifying global risks and contributing to the world’s current state of instability. 15 May 2014
