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Casualty reinsurance
Praedicat releases COVID-19 litigation tracker results
29th July 2020
Praedicat, a risk analytics and modelling company for casualty re/insurers and industrial firms, has released the initial results from its COVID-19 litigation tracker platform. The newly launched platform found that more than 200 casualty-relevant virus complaints have already been filed in the US courts. The complaints allege that corporate defendants are responsible ... Read the full article
Casualty reinsurance demand strong amid market volatility: Aon
15th July 2020
Aon has reported that demand for reinsurance remains strong in the casualty space as insurers continue to deal with the volatile conditions created by rising social inflation and the COVID-19 pandemic. The broker expects reinsurance outcomes to vary widely depending on cedent experience and exposures, but noted that rate improvement now ... Read the full article
Willis Re names James Moss as co-head of Specialty Casualty business
8th July 2020
Willis Re, the reinsurance broking arm of Willis Towers Watson (WTW), has announced the appointment of James Moss as co-head of its Specialty Casualty practice. He will work in tandem with Chirag Shah to lead Willis Re Specialty’s Casualty strategy in London. Moss has 30 years’ experience and joins from Lockton Re, ... Read the full article
Casualty risk has been underpriced for a decade: Stephen Catlin
24th February 2020
Insurers have “significantly underpriced” casualty business over the past 10 years and could now be headed towards “a crisis of catastrophic proportions,” according to Stephen Catlin, the former founder of the Catlin Group and current CEO of Convex Group. Writing in Best’s Review this month, Catlin said a casualty pricing crisis ... Read the full article
Apollo adds four to bolster casualty offering
21st February 2020
Independent specialist insurer and reinsurer, Apollo Syndicate Management, has announced four senior appointments to its Syndicate 1969 at Lloyd's of London, as it continues to bolster its casualty offering. Colm Lyons has been named Head of Casualty at Apollo Syndicate 1969, and will report to Matt Newman, Apollo Group Head of ... Read the full article
Everest Re continues to see opportunity in casualty, says CEO
18th February 2020
Juan Andrade, President and CEO of Everest Re Group, has said that the reinsurer continues to see “good opportunity” in casualty business, despite fears of escalating claims inflation. Speaking as part of an earnings call alongside the release of Everest Re’s 2019 results, Andrade said that the company had provided ... Read the full article
Watford strengthens loss reserves, warns of Q4 net loss
29th January 2020
Loss reserve strengthening in U.S. casualty reinsurance is to push Bermuda-based Watford Holdings Ltd. to a net loss in the fourth-quarter of 2019. The firm has announced a strengthening of net loss reserves of approximately $28 million across the current and prior accident years. Watford states that the reserve strengthening is in ... Read the full article
Casualty/specialty a more compelling pricing story at 1/1, says S&P
21st January 2020
Analysts at S&P Global Ratings have said that sentiment was both stronger and more broad-based in casualty/specialty lines than in the property arena at the January 1st reinsurance renewals. In U.S. non-proportional business, rate increases were substantial and ceding commissions on this business were down by as much as 3% in ... Read the full article
Casualty market pressures see capacity tighten at 1/1: Guy Carpenter
17th January 2020
Casualty reinsurance capacity tightened at the recent January renewals against a backdrop of heightened litigation costs, more generous jury verdicts, and shifting attitudes in the US, according to Guy Carpenter. Analysts noted that many reinsurers were forced to adopt more cautious underwriting positions at 1/1 due to higher loss cost trends, ... Read the full article
AXA XL Risk Consulting appoints Global Casualty Risk Engineering Leader
26th November 2019
AXA XL Risk Consulting has announced the appointment of Sheri Wilbanks as Global Casualty & Environmental Lines of Business Manager. Wilbanks joins the business from AIG, where she most recently served as Global Innovation Lead for AIG’s Client Risk Solutions division. Prior to that position, she served as Casualty and Financial Lines ... Read the full article
Social inflation pushing up costs in US liability insurance: Swiss Re
18th November 2019
Social inflation has emerged as a key factor pushing up loss costs in US liability insurance and could mean “significant pain” for the market in the coming years, according to a new report from Swiss Re. Analysts expect the issue to become an increasingly common theme in the next two years, ... Read the full article
Hiscox pulls out of casualty reinsurance
18th November 2019
Global specialist re/insurer Hiscox has announced its intention to cease writing casualty reinsurance business, due to “ongoing, challenging market conditions.” Concerns over issues such as pricing and reserving mean that the company no longer considers this business to be sustainable. Instead, its reinsurance division, Hiscox Re & ILS, will continue to focus ... Read the full article
Praedicat to develop named peril casualty product from Lloyd’s Lab
13th November 2019
Praedicat, a risk analytics and modelling company for casualty re/insurers and industrial firms, has announced that it plans to develop a new named peril casualty product in the Lloyd’s Lab. Lloyd’s Lab, the innovation accelerator launched by the Lloyd’s market last year, selected Praedicat as part of the third cohort ... Read the full article
Ascot appoints four from Allied World to excess casualty team
29th October 2019
Bermuda domiciled specialty insurer and reinsurer, Ascot Group, has appointed a new excess casualty team, including the addition of Patrick Kenahan as Head of Excess Casualty in Bermuda. Alongside Kenahan, Ascot has also announced that Jason Pugi, Kimberley Pursell, and Michael Watkins have joined as Senior Vice Presidents. The entire team has ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway enters casualty & construction markets in France
28th October 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett’s global insurance and reinsurance company, has commenced underwriting casualty and construction insurance in France. As part of this move, the company also announced the appointments of Olivier Antiphon as Head of Construction and Anne-Sophie Bonifay as Head of Casualty for ... Read the full article