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News on catastrophe and man-made losses that impact or could impact the reinsurance industry and reinsurers around the globe.
PERILS raises industry loss estimate for SE Australia flooding to AUD 907m
27th April 2023
Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS AG has disclosed its third industry loss estimate for the October 2022 Southeast Australia floods, noting the event cost the insurance industry a total of AUD 907 million. PERILS explains that the updated figure is based on detailed loss data by postcode and line of ... Read the full article
The Hanover Insurance approximates $175m in cat losses for Q1
20th April 2023
The Hanover Insurance Group has announced its preliminary estimate for first-quarter 2023 catastrophe losses of approximately $175 million, before taxes or 12.7 points of net earned premium. Widespread wind and tornadic activity impacted nearly half of the U.S. in mid-to-late March. The first quarter catastrophe losses were caused by over 20 ... Read the full article
Global nat cat economic losses reach $77bn in Q1 2023: Gallagher Re
19th April 2023
Global natural catastrophe economic losses reached an estimated $77bn in the first quarter of 2023, with public and private insurance entities covering at least an estimated $22bn of that total, resulting in a 72% or $55bn protection gap, Gallagher Re reported. According to the broker’s Q1 2023 Natural Catastrophe report, these ... Read the full article
ICA raises insured loss from 2022 Australia floods to $5.81bn
19th April 2023
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has raised its estimate of insured losses from the devastating Eastern Australia floods that occurred over February and March in 2022 to AUD 5.81 billion, based on more than 240,000 claims lodged. This represents an increase of $160 million over the figure of $5.65 ... Read the full article
Cincinnati Financial to incur $235m Q1 storm losses
17th April 2023
Property and casualty insurer Cincinnati Financial Corporation has announced that its consolidated first-quarter results are expected to include pre-tax catastrophe losses of approximately $235 million. This will represent an impact on its Q1 combined ratio of 12.8 percentage points, based on estimated earned premiums. For reference, the company's 5-year historical average contribution ... Read the full article
US severe weather to cause insured losses of up to $9.5bn in Q1: BMS Re
11th April 2023
According to BMS Re, a specialised reinsurance broker, and available industry data, it is estimated that the insured losses caused by severe weather events such as hail, tornadoes, and thunderstorm wind gusts in the US during the first-quarter amount to a range of $7 billion to $9.5 billion. "Losses are still ... Read the full article
US property rates climb as insurers face “serious cost pressures”: RPS
11th April 2023
Analysts at Risk Placement Services (RPS) have cited how the US property market currently finds itself in turbulent times, due to a combination of internal and external factors affecting market dynamics, adding to pressures that are being felt by all aspects of the insurance value chain. Chief among these is a ... Read the full article
SRCC risks elevated globally with claims rivalling nat cats in some parts: Howden
11th April 2023
Risks related to strikes, riots and civil commotion (SRCC) have become elevated in advanced and emerging economies, with insured losses from these events in certain hot spots now comparable to major natural catastrophes, according to insurance and reinsurance broker Howden. Growing discontent across the globe linked to inequality, the cost of ... Read the full article
Louisiana insurers pay out more than $23bn after 2020 & 2021 hurricane seasons: Triple-I
29th March 2023
According to a recent Issues Brief released by the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I), Louisiana’s insurers paid out more than $23 billion after both the 2020 and 2021 hurricane seasons, driving a number of them into insolvency. Triple-I stated that twelve insurers that write homeowners coverage in Louisiana were declared insolvent between ... Read the full article
Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool pays $340.4mn to earthquake victims
29th March 2023
The Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool (TCIP) has paid $340.36 million (TRY 6.5 billion) in claim payments so far for the victims related to the recent earthquakes that struck Turkey last month. On February 6, 2023, a powerful Mw 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck south-central Turkey near the Syrian border. The quake produced ... Read the full article
Cyclone Gabrielle claims reach $890m: ICNZ
24th March 2023
Cyclone Gabrielle, which impacted parts of New Zealand last month, has generated around 40,000 claims so far worth a collective $890 million, according to the Insurance Council of New Zealand Te Kāhui Inihua o Aotearoa (ICNZ). Provisional general insurance claims data for Gabrielle released by ICNZ shows that about $70 million ... Read the full article
Swiss Re estimates 2022 insured cat losses at $132bn
22nd March 2023
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has estimated that total insured losses from both natural and man-made catastrophes amounted to $132 billion last year, with economic losses thought to be more than double this figure at $284 billion. The insured total consists of $125 billion of losses from natural disasters and $7 billion ... Read the full article
Turkey earthquakes insured loss pegged at $3.5bn by PERILS
21st March 2023
Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS has released its first estimate of industry loss from the recent Kahramanmaras Earthquake Sequence that hit Turkey and Syria, placing it at $3.5 billion (TRY 65.4 billion). A Mw 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck south-central Turkey near the Syrian border On 6 February 2023. The earthquake initiated ... Read the full article
2017-22 losses a “wake-up call” to better assess climate risk, Moody’s Rahnama
16th March 2023
The record global natural catastrophe losses between 2017-22 are a “wake-up call” for the industry to “better assess, manage, and transfer” the risks of future climate-related events, saids Mohsen Rahnama, Chief Risk Modeling Officer and Executive Vice President, Models and Data of Moody's RMS. Writing in the Moody's RMS Catastrophe Review ... Read the full article
Allstate pegs catastrophe losses for February at $211m
16th March 2023
U.S. primary insurer Allstate has announced estimated catastrophe losses for February of $211 million or $167 million, after tax. Catastrophe losses for February events were estimated at $241 million, and related to nine events primarily from wind and rain that were geographically widespread. This was partially offset by favourable reserve re-estimates for ... Read the full article
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