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Victoria region storms and flooding declared a catastrophe: ICA
14th June 2021
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared the significant storms and flooding that impacted the state of Victoria over the weekend as a catastrophe event. From June 10th, 2021 regions of Victoria were heavily impacted by a series of significant storms and flooding. According to the ICA, the impact of flooding ... Read the full article
G7 package to scale up climate protection funding
14th June 2021
A new package of support from the UK, Germany and US aims to scale up protection for vulnerable communities against the impacts of climate change. Agreed at the recent G7 summit, the package includes £120 million in new funding from the UK and €125 million from Germany, with the intention of ... Read the full article
Morgan Stanley forecasts slowdown in P&C rate growth
14th June 2021
Analysts at Morgan Stanley are foreasting a deceleration in property and casualty (P&C) insurance rates as lines begin to approach pricing adequacy. At present, overall rate increases continue to remain positive and above loss trend, as evidenced by improvement in Q1 commercial lines margins. But Morgan Stanley believes the evidence now points ... Read the full article
SCOR and Barclays settle dispute
14th June 2021
The dispute between global re/insurer SCOR and British multinational universal bank, Barclays, has reached an end as the pair settled their dispute before the High Court in London on mutually beneficial terms. SCOR was seeking to sue Barclays in London for breach of confidence when the bank advised the re/insurer's largest ... Read the full article
Intact Financial sells Danish business to Alm. Brand for $1.26bn
14th June 2021
Canadian property and casualty (P&C) insurer Intact Financial Corporation has announced plans to sell Codan Forsikring A/S's Danish business (Codan DK) to Alm. Brand A/S Group. Codan DK is owned by Scandi JV Co 2 A/S, which is in turn co-owned Intact and Tryg A/S following their recent acquisition of ... Read the full article
Neema launches Political Violence & Terrorism product in Africa
14th June 2021
African specialist underwriting agency Neema Insurance Managing Agency (Neema) has launched a Political Violence & Terrorism reinsurance product aimed to help protect the African markets. Headquartered in Mauritius, Neema is regulated by the Financial Services Commission and has facilities from reputable reinsurers that enable it to underwrite on their behalf across ... Read the full article
PartnerRe names Shanahan as CEO of NA Life business
11th June 2021
Bermuda domiciled reinsurer PartnerRe has announced the appointment of Chris Shanahan as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its North American Life business. Shanahan, currently President of US Life, will succeed outgoing CEO Alan Ryder, who is set to retire at the end of August this year. Having joined PartnerRe in May 2018, ... Read the full article
Proposed AXA settlement would reduce BI uncertainty: Moody’s
11th June 2021
AXA France's proposed €300 million settlement offer to thousands of restaurant clients who hold non-damage business interruption (BI) policies would reduce the uncertainty related to the ultimate financial burden of COVID-19 BI claims, says Moody's analyst Benjamin Serra. Yesterday, global insurance company AXA announced a proposal to settle with 15,000 ... Read the full article
Clyde & Co names Carolena Gordon as Senior Partner
11th June 2021
Global law firm Clyde & Co has appointed Carolena Gordon as its new Senior Partner. Gordon joined Clyde & Co as a partner in 2011 and is an experienced litigator focused on all aspects of dispute resolution and risk management for a range of commercial and insurance clients. She's been the Chair ... Read the full article
Aon / WTW deal expected to gain EU antitrust approval by early July: Reuters
11th June 2021
Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter, has said that re/insurance broker Aon's proposed $30 billion combination with Willis Towers Watson (WTW) is expected to gain EU antitrust approval later in June or in early July. It looks as though the remedy package Aon submitted to the European Commission (EC) is ... Read the full article
P&C insurers to increase cyber pricing in 2021: Fitch
11th June 2021
A new report by Fitch Ratings has shown that U.S. property and casualty (P&C) insurers that provide cyber insurance coverage are taking significant pricing and underwriting actions in 2021. This is in response to a spike in cyber claims with immediate improvement unlikely this year. The report showed that cyber insurance direct ... Read the full article
US insurers face multi-billion-dollar payout over May storms: Aon
11th June 2021
Re/insurance broker Aon has reported that US re/insurers will likely face a multi-billion-dollar payout over a series of convective storms in May that resulted in extensive hail, tornado, wind and flood damage. Of note was a severe storm that swept across the Plains, Lower and Middle Mississippi Valley, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic ... Read the full article
CIAM claims Kessler “neutralising” opposition via Covéa settlement
11th June 2021
Activist investor CIAM has expressed cynicism over the recent settlement agreement between SCOR and Covéa, who have elected to renew their relationship after failed takeover talks led to a string of accusations and investigations. SCOR is preparing to undergo a leadership transition at the end of June, when Laurent ... Read the full article
Canopius partners with Cyber Reliant on data protection warranty
11th June 2021
Specialty re/insurer Canopius Group has partnered with data privacy firm Cyber Reliant to offer data protection with coverage of up to $5 million. The warranty is designed to protect commercial and institutional purchasers of Cyber Reliant's data protection products. The Cyber Reliant platform is certified by US Federal Testing Labratories and promises ... Read the full article
Oneglobal Broking hires Mark Jenner as Chairman of Energy
11th June 2021
Oneglobal Broking, the commercial re/insurance brokerage owned by investor JC Flowers, has appointed Mark Jenner as Chairman of Energy to strengthen its energy expertise. Jenner brings over 30 years in the energy insurance sector, joining from Howden where he was Executive Director of the Energy Division. Prior to this he had a ... Read the full article
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