Reinsurance News
News on catastrophe and man-made losses that impact or could impact the reinsurance industry and reinsurers around the globe.
15th March 2021
Talanx, the parent of major European reinsurance company Hannover Re, has reported an underwriting loss of €2.8 billion for 2020 amid total large losses of a significant €2.1 billion, driven mostly by the coronavirus pandemic. The company's underwriting performance deteriorated further from the €1.8 billion loss reported in 2019, as the ... Read the full article
12th March 2021
Re/insurance broker Aon has estimated that the total economic cost of the severe winter weather conditions the affected the US last month will exceed $10 billion. Aon’s figure considered the economic cost of damages and net-loss business interruption for the period of February 12th to 20th, which will likely be the ... Read the full article
11th March 2021
Global reinsurer Hannover Re has outperformed its Group profit guidance of more than €800 million for 2020 despite the significant impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which, alongside other large losses pushed the firm's property and casualty (P&C) combined ratio into unprofitable territory. Group net income declined from the €1.3 billion posted ... Read the full article
3rd March 2021
COVID-19 reserves of $475 million, net of reinsurance, has pushed insurer and reinsurer Hiscox to a loss of $268.5 million for full-year 2020, against income of more than $53 million in 2019. The majority of the company's pandemic claims relate to event cancellation business, with the second largest chunk concerning business ... Read the full article
1st March 2021
Early insured loss estimates for the unusually severe winter storm Uri in the United States appear significant, but carriers should be able to absorb the shock thanks to robust capital levels and reinsurance protection, according to S&P Global Ratings. Winter storm Uri has caused significant disruption across a number of southern ... Read the full article
26th February 2021
The damaging impacts of winter storm Uri and associated severe winter weather in the U.S. is expected to result in an insurance and reinsurance industry loss of more than $10 billion, according to catastrophe risk modeller AIR Worldwide. The winter storm arrived on the country’s President’s Day weekend bringing damaging ice ... Read the full article
25th February 2021
German reinsurer Munich Re has reported profit of €1.211 billion and €212 million for the full-year and fourth-quarter 2020, respectively, in spite of a substantial level of claims related to major losses and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. For the year, profit fell from the more than €2.7 billion reported a year ... Read the full article
25th February 2021
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has released its loss estimate from the South East Queensland hailstorms which took place in October last year. Insurers have received more than 33,500 claims to date, with losses estimated at $805 million, an estimate which is lower than PERILS estimate of AUD 1.3bn. Read the full article
23rd February 2021
Reinsurers have reported “lackluster” results for 2020, according to analysts at Moody’s, who argue that the catastrophe and COVID-19 losses incurred last year overshadowed pricing gains. For the full year, Moody’s noted that reinsurers’ combined ratios were generally in the 102% to 110% range, even as investment gains helped to lift ... Read the full article
22nd February 2021
AM Best analysts believe the heaviest volume of claims from winter storm Uri will be in the homeowners, commercial property, and auto lines of business. Uri has caused significant disruption across a number of southern US states, especially Texas, which has faced record-low temperatures and had seen several inches of snow ... Read the full article
22nd February 2021
Members of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) expect to pay up to £2.5 billion for COVID-19 insurance claims incurred in 2020, according to new data. The majority of this figure (£2 billion) stems from business interruption claims, while another £204 million is attributed to protection insurance claims, including life, critical ... Read the full article
19th February 2021
Catastrophe risk modeller Karen Clark & Company (KCC) has updated its insurance and reinsurance industry loss for U.S. winter storm Uri, which is currently impacting southern states, to $18 billion. The devastating storm arrived on the country's President’s Day weekend bringing damaging ice in the Northwest and snow across the Midwest ... Read the full article
19th February 2021
Winter storm Uri, currently wreaking havoc across southern US states, looks set to become the largest on record for re/insurers, potentially surpassing the cost of 2017’s hurricane Harvey. Storm Uri landed over the US’ President's Day weekend bringing damaging ice in the Northwest and snow across the Midwest and Northeast. Texas has ... Read the full article
19th February 2021
The significant and unexpected impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic on the property and casualty (P&C) space suggest that once the world reopens, event cancellation coverage will either be very expensive or excluded altogether, according to Christian Mumenthaler, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Swiss Re. In announcing its full-year 2020 ... Read the full article
18th February 2021
Catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS has released its fourth and final industry loss estimate for storm Victoria, also known as storm Dennis, settling on a figure of €350 million. This represents a slight upward revision on the previous €344 million estimate that PERILS released back in August 2020. Storm Victoria affected ... Read the full article
