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Corvus receives additional $15m through series C extension round

3rd June 2021

Boston-based insurtech firm Corvus Insurance has announced that after raising a total of $100 million through its Series C funding round, it secured an additional $15 million through an extension. The round was led by venture capital firms FinTLV and Aquiline Technology Growth (ATG), and brings the firm's overall funding to ... Read the full article

Munich Re’s Wenning urges public-private collaboration on systemic risks

29th April 2021

Joachim Wenning, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Munich Re Group, has urged governments and the private sector to pool their expertise and capabilities to tackle systemic risks such as pandemics. Speaking at Munich Re’s AGM this week, Wenning argued that, as a systemic risk, pandemic is fundamentally “beyond the boundaries” of ... Read the full article

Swiss Re CorSo and Coalition deepen collaboration

12th March 2021

Global reinsurer Swiss Re's commercial insurance arm, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, has entered into a new multi-year agreement with cyber insurance and security firm, Coalition, to provide broad cyber insurance and technology errors & omissions insurance to SMEs throughout the U.S. and Canada. Coalition launched back in 2017 with backing ... Read the full article

Reinsurance price increases “absolutely essential” in 2021: Hannover Re

14th September 2020

Against the backdrop of ongoing COVID-19 losses and a low interest rate environment, Hannover Re has argued that continued reinsurance rate increases are “absolutely essential” next year. In a new release that was planned for this year’s cancelled Monte Carlo meet-up, Hannover Re says it anticipates “significant price increases” spanning the ... Read the full article

Munich Re endorses state-backed pools for pandemic risk

8th September 2020

Munich Re has argued that pandemic risks are “not insurable by the private sector alone” and has endorsed the use of state-backed risk pools to mitigate their impact. The reinsurer notes that the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted how vulnerable the world still is to very large risks, and says that more ... Read the full article

COVID-19 proves importance of Solvency II, says EIOPA

31st July 2020

According to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), over the last few months the COVID-19 outbreak has further proved the importance of the Solvency II regulatory framework. The EIOPA argues that the framework has helped re/insurers to better align capital to risk, build-up resilience and enhance risk management practices, ... Read the full article

P&C industry has entered into a “new era of catastrophe losses” – KBRA

10th June 2020

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the recent wave of civil unrest and the looming cyber risk threat, has altered the risk landscape for property and casualty (P&C) insurers and reinsurers, reports Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA). As explained by KBRA, for the global P&C sector the definition of "catastrophe" has, ... Read the full article

CAC Specialty partners with Liberty Advisor Group

28th May 2020

Specialty insurance broker and investment banking platform CAC Specialty has entered into a new strategic partnership with consulting firm Liberty Advisor Group. Together, Liberty Advisor Group and CAC Specialty will work to create a new solution for insurance clients through a real-time data analytics platform. The platform will allow clients to analyse ... Read the full article

Lloyd’s has been too slow reacting to change: CEO John Neal

7th November 2019

Lloyd’s has not reacted quickly enough to changes in the risk landscape and must offer products and services that are more closely aligned with what customers want and need, according to Chief Executive of the marketplace John Neal. Speaking at a lecture today in Lloyd’s Old Library building, Neal emphasised the ... Read the full article

CFC targets improved incident response capabilities with acquisition

9th October 2019

London headquartered specialist insurer, CFC, has expanded its in-house cyber incident response capabilities with the acquisition of Texas-domiciled incident response provider, Solis Security. CFC's large in-house cyber claims and incident response team has handled almost 1,500 cyber claims this year alone. Now, with the addition of Solis Security, CFC has deepened ... Read the full article

Market players must think differently following record cat losses: Aon

30th August 2019

While the overall re/insurance market remains resilient despite record losses throughout 2017 and 2018, industry players must adjust to a rapidly hardening market and think differently from the way they have in the last decade, according to a report by Aon. Wildfires, cyclones and severe thunderstorms caused $225 billion in economic ... Read the full article

Marriott faces £99mn GDPR fine days after record BA penalty

10th July 2019

Marriott International, the multinational hotel chain, is facing a £99.2 million fine for non-compliance with data protection laws following a 2018 cyber attack that exposed personal data on 339 million guest records. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) notified Marriott of its intentions just days after levelling a record £183 ... Read the full article

British Airways hit with record £183mn GDPR fine for data breach

8th July 2019

British Airways is facing a record fine of £183 million following a "sophisticated, malicious" cyber attack last year that compromised the personal details of around 500,000 customers. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) imposed the penalty for non-compliance with new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules, although some had expected a more lenient ... Read the full article

Email outage could cause multi-billion dollar insured losses

24th June 2019

Analysis by predictive cyber risk modelling firm, Kovrr highlights the potential for significant insurance and reinsurance industry losses as a result of an email service outage in the UK. According to statistics, some 290 billion emails are sent every day across the world by around 3.9 billion users. While the numbers ... Read the full article

Urgent need to modernise is the greatest threat to global insurers: PwC

11th June 2019

A poll of more than 900 insurance industry experts reveals that the very urgent need for business and technology modernisation is the greatest threat to the global insurance sector. A survey and accompanying report from The Centre for the Study ... Read the full article