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Re/insurers’ Q4 results to show effects from COVID: Barclays
2nd February 2021
Analysts at Barclays predict the Q4 2020 results season will show continuing effects surrounding COVID-19 losses, pricing and dividends. Barclays expects the uncertainty around COVID-19 losses and dividends to start to decrease throughout 2021. Retail motor insurers are expected to see the more immediate earnings upgrades and could perform better in the ... Read the full article
Ratings of Europe’s major reinsurers unaffected by UK BI judgement, says Fitch
28th January 2021
Despite the UK Supreme Court upholding the judgement on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) business interruption (BI) insurance test case, the amount that flows through to reinsurers is expected to be immaterial and have no impact on the ratings of Europe's big four, according to Fitch Ratings. The much-discussed UK BI ... Read the full article
Olympics cancellation loss could be “mind-blowingly large”, say reports
27th January 2021
Global insurers and reinsurers are facing a loss of up to as much as $3 billion if the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics are cancelled, according to reports. At a loss of between $2 billion - $3 billion, cancellation of the event would drive the largest ever claim in the global event cancellation ... Read the full article
Everest Re announces Q4 CAT and COVID-19 losses
26th January 2021
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, Everest Re Group, Ltd., has announced estimated pre-tax net catastrophe losses of $70 million for the fourth-quarter of 2020, alongside an additional $76 million of losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic and a $400 million reserve charge. Despite these losses, of which the majority is within the ... Read the full article
Pandemic-related risks front and centre for corporates in 2021: Allianz
20th January 2021
The 10th annual Allianz Risk Barometer reveals that exposures related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic are considered the top business risks in 2021, with business interruption (BI) taking the top spot for the eighth time. A significant 41% of responses see BI as the top risk to business in 2021, followed ... Read the full article
AXIS announces Q4 losses of up to $205mn from COVID-19 and cats
19th January 2021
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has announced a preliminary Q4 2020 net claims estimate of between $195 million to $205 million, pre-tax, for catastrophes and weather-related events. Of this range, AXIS states that a significant $125 million, pre-tax, relates to the COVID-19 pandemic, while an additional $70 million ... Read the full article
Ratings of UK insurers to be unaffected by BI ruling, says Fitch
18th January 2021
Fitch has said that the ratings of UK non-life insurers are likely to be unaffected by last week's Supreme Court judgement on the validity of business interruption (BI) claims related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The UK Supreme Court upheld the judgement on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) BI insurance ... Read the full article
RSA expects reinsurance to apply following Court’s BI ruling
15th January 2021
Insurer RSA Insurance Group plc has said that following the UK Supreme Court's ruling on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) business interruption (BI) insurance test case, reinsurance protection is expected to come into play. The Court upheld the judgement on the FCA's BI insurance test case at the appeal stage, ... Read the full article
Hiscox adds $48mn to Covid-19 BI losses following Supreme Court judgement
15th January 2021
Specialist re/insurer Hiscox has said that after the Supreme Court's ruling in favour of insureds earlier today in the appeal of the business interruption (BI) insurance test case, it has added a further $48 million, net of reinsurance, to its 2020 estimate for COVID-19 BI losses. This morning, the UK ... Read the full article
Findings from FCA’s Covid-19 resilience survey “concerning” says the CII
11th January 2021
Keith Richards, Chief Membership Officer of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), has expressed concern over some of the findings from the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) coronavirus financial resilience survey. In an effort to understand the real-time effect the ongoing pandemic is having on the finances of companies in the UK, the ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s & Parsyl partner on COVID vaccine distribution initiative
15th December 2020
Lloyd’s of London has partnered with supply chain data platform Parsyl to launch an insurance initiative for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. The public-private collaboration includes 14 global re/insurers and aims to address critical risks faced by COVID-19 vaccines and other health commodities during distribution. The initiative involves the launch of a ... Read the full article
McGill and Partners adapted well to COVID-19: Paul Summers
10th December 2020
Whilst some in the (re)insurance industry are still reeling from the shock of COVID-19, start-up specialist (re)insurance broker McGill and Partners says a focus on technology and creativity has allowed it to adapt well to the pandemic. This is the view of Paul Summers, Head of Global Facultative Reinsurance, who in ... Read the full article
Munich Re to halt event cancellation cover for pandemics
8th December 2020
Reinsurance giant Munich Re has confirmed that it will stop writing coverage for events cancelled due to pandemics. Munich Re unveiled its “Ambition 2025” growth and results targets earlier today, which include a targeted return on equity of 12-14% by 2025 and a combined ratio of approximately 95% in property ... Read the full article
Major League Baseball sues insurers over pandemic BI losses
8th December 2020
As the legal battles over the status of business interruption (BI) claims connected to the pandemic continue to play out, Major League Baseball (MLB) has announced that it intends to sue its insurance providers. The League and all 30 of its teams plan to file a lawsuit against their insurers over ... Read the full article
Historic cats, large pandemic losses dent NA P/C insurers in 9M20: Fitch
2nd December 2020
The high frequency of catastrophe events experienced in the U.S. through the third-quarter of 2020, coupled with a substantial level of additional losses related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, hindered the performance of North American (NA) property/casualty (P/C) re/insurers in 9M 2020, reports Fitch Ratings. Fitch's analysis looks at the 9M ... Read the full article