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Lloyd’s falls to 2019 underwriting loss, COVID-19 drives down solvency ratio
26th March 2020
The specialist Lloyd's of London insurance and reinsurance marketplace has reported an unprofitable underwriting performance for 2019, with its full year results also revealing a decline in its central solvency ratio as a result of financial market volatility driven by the COVID-19 outbreak. Albeit improved on the previous year, Lloyd's has ... Read the full article
European life insurers shifting to capital-light products: Fitch
26th March 2020
European life insurers are gradually shifting away from traditional guarantees towards more capital-light products, transferring part of the investment risk to policyholders, according to analysts at Fitch Ratings. The rating agency noted that the shift is the result of the protracted low interest rate environment, which it sees as posing major ... Read the full article
Aon’s Eric Andersen, WTW’s Julie Gebauer to lead integration
25th March 2020
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has confirmed to Reinsurance News that Eric Andersen, President of Aon and Julie Gebauer, Head of Human Capital & Benefits at Willis Towers Watson (WTW), will lead the integration of the two brokerage firms. On the 9th of March, 2020 Aon announced that a ... Read the full article
K2 Insurance Services appoints Mark Smith as President
25th March 2020
K2 Insurance Services LLC, a specialty insurance holdings company, has announced the appointment of Mark Smith as the company’s President. Smith brings almost 30 years of insurance experience to K2, including underwriting, actuarial and finance leadership roles at single state, national and international carriers. Most recently, Mark spent four years at Marsh-owned ... Read the full article
Manulife partners with digital health platform dacadoo
25th March 2020
Canadian multinational insurer Manulife has announced a collaboration with dacadoo, a Swiss-based digital health platform provider, to enhance its digital offerings in Asia. Under this new partnership, dacadoo will strengthen Manulife’s existing health engagement platform, ManulifeMOVE, to help customers understand their health and develop better habits. “We are delighted to be partnering ... Read the full article
AIG life operations may require $3bn extra capital, stress test shows
25th March 2020
New stress tests from Goldman Sachs show that AIG’s life entities could require a capital infusion of up to $3 billion from the holding company, if the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak results in major financial market pressures. Analysts felt that the preferred funding options for such a scenario would be a suspension ... Read the full article
Zurich expands roll out of marine insurance platform
25th March 2020
Global insurer Zurich is accelerating the broader roll-out of a new marine insurance platform for small and medium cargo. The Zurich Swift Insurance Platform provides web-based access to insurance that users can tailor to their needs. The platform leverages automation technologies to allow marine insurance brokers and intermediaries to manage the full ... Read the full article
Markel invests in building product firms Lansing & Harvey
25th March 2020
Markel Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority interest in Lansing Building Products, a supplier of exterior building products and materials in the US. At the same time, Lansing has enhanced its geographic reach via the acquisition of the distribution business of Harvey Building Products. Established in 1955 in ... Read the full article
Kingsbridge set to acquire NSM Insurance Group
25th March 2020
The Kingsbridge Group, a UK provider of specialist insurance services to contractors, has agreed to acquire NSM Insurance Group for an undisclosed sum. NSM is based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, and is an industry leader in the development, implementation, marketing and underwriting of profitable, industry-specific insurance programs. The deal marks an exit for ... Read the full article
AM Best revises US disability market to negative
25th March 2020
AM Best is revising the outlook to negative for the US disability segment as a low interest rate environment looks set to result in adjustments to the discount rate used in setting reserves/pricing disability income business. Additionally, while most disability income writers had reported improved morbidity, AM Best is expecting the ... Read the full article
L&H insurers should avoid major COVID-19 impact: KBRA
25th March 2020
Kroll Bond Rating Agency analysts do not generally expect a major impact from COVID-19 on underwriting results in the Life and Health segment while the mortality rate remains substantially lower among the younger age groups than in those over 50. Furthermore, KBRA expects potential mortality spikes to fall within risk management ... Read the full article
EIOPA info request points to Solvency II changes: AM Best
25th March 2020
A recent information request issued by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) suggests a set of potential changes that could be made to enhance Solvency II standards for insurers, according to AM Best. EIOPA began the latest phase of its Solvency II review on March 4th with a request ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter partners with insurtech RiskGenius on silent cyber
25th March 2020
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance broking arm of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., has entered into a strategic partnership with RiskGenius on the detection and qualitative analysis of silent cyber exposure. RiskGenius is an insurtech firm that utilises artificial intelligence to evaluate emerging risks across insurance portfolios. By working with RiskGenius, Guy Carpenter ... Read the full article
WTW tool enables tracking of COVID-19 cases against P&C portfolios
25th March 2020
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has announced the addition of a new COVID-19 feature within its Global Peril Diagnostic modelling tool, designed to track pandemic cases against P&C clients' global assets. The new, real-time, risk and analytics feature provides risk managers with up-to-date information on confirmed COVID-19 ... Read the full article
Demotech affirms Security First’s FSA of A, Exceptional
25th March 2020
Demotech has affirmed the Financial Stability Rating (FSA) of A, Exceptional, assigned to Security First Insurance Company. Financial analysis firm Demotech warned in January of this year that it was expecting downgrades for a number of carriers in Florida as a result of pressures on operating performance. Yesterday, Demotech affirmed ... Read the full article
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