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Ukraine Russia conflict
All of our news coverage of the insurance and reinsurance market implications of the Ukraine – Russia conflict can be found below.
India forms $64m pool to insure Russian and Belarussian fertiliser imports
20th June 2022
India’s insurance sector has created a $64m pool to provide cover for fertiliser imported from Russia and Belarus. As reported by the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS), a senior industry figure told the site that bulk of the pool amount will be contributed by GIC Re, with all other multi-line non-life insurers ... Read the full article
“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine negatively impacting cyber market” – Moody’s
16th June 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to a situation in which cyber insurers are increasing rates and narrowing coverage due to the possibility of cyberattacks. A new note from Moody’s says that while attacks related to the conflict have not yet risen to a level previously feared, further and large-scale attacks ... Read the full article
“G20 needs to act to avert food crisis and reshape social contract” – Swiss Re
15th June 2022
The group chief economist for Swiss Re has called on the G20 nations to act in order to both avert a food crisis and reshape the social contract. Writing on the firm’s website, Jerome Jean Haegeli said that an international effort was needed to guarantee that developing nations have access ... Read the full article
Supply chain disruptions “could cost Europe almost €1 trillion in lost GDP”
15th June 2022
Supply chain challenges could result in the Eurozone’s GDP losing up to €920 billion (or 7.7%) by 2023, according to a report by Accenture. The potential loss is due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The report, “From Disruption to Reinvention – The future of supply chains in Europe” ... Read the full article
Allianz offloads majority stake in Russian operations
6th June 2022
The Allianz Group has agreed to sell a majority stake in its Russian operations to LLC, the owner of Russian property and casualty (P&C) insurer Zetta Insurance. The move, which follows Allianz’s decision to scale back its operations in Russia, is aimed at “ensuring continuity for clients and employees,” the company ... Read the full article
Impact from Russia-Ukraine likely to go into next year, says Berenberg
1st June 2022
Berenberg analysts have warned renewal rates in Florida are going to jump by 20-30%, while the Russian invasion of Ukraine will have an ‘accelerating’ impact on reinsurers' rates. In a new note, Tales from the City, the firm said that these were two issues that arose from its meeting with the ... Read the full article
Premiums up twofold for Ukraine-exposed specialty business: reports
31st May 2022
Insurance premiums are being hiked to double or more than their pre-conflict levels for some aviation and marine businesses with exposure to the war in Ukraine, industry sources have reported. Reports from the Financial Express of India suggest that aviation war cover premiums have doubled globally, despite coverage already having been ... Read the full article
Swiss Re CEO: “Russia-Ukraine liable to have impact of medium-sized natural catastrophe event”
27th May 2022
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is likely to only have the impact of a medium-sized natural catastrophe event to the insurance industry, says the CEO of Swiss Re in a new interview. Speaking to CNBC, Christian Mumenthaler said that while the coronavirus pandemic had ceded and become endemic, the current conflict ... Read the full article
Ukraine war has “profound implications” for renewables re/insurers: PCS
26th May 2022
Analysts at Property Claim Services (PCS), a Verisk business, have warned that the conflict in Ukraine has the potential to become an “industry-defining” event for the global renewables re/insurance sector. The firm says there could be “profound implications” for re/insurers of renewables in particular due to the large portion of Ukraine’s ... Read the full article
Russia’s aggression could be harmful to ‘supportive’ outlook for Euro insurers
23rd May 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added uncertainty to what was otherwise a supportive interest rate outlook for insurers in Europe, says DBRS Morningstar in a new note. The firm said in a new commentary that European insurers are unlikely to see the benefits of rising bond yields worldwide since Russia’s aggression ... Read the full article
Zurich sells Russian business
23rd May 2022
Global insurer Zurich has agreed to sell its business in Russia to eleven of the unit’s team. The firm said that under its new owners, the business will operate independently under a different brand, while Zurich will no longer conduct business operations in Russia. The transaction will allow the new company to ... Read the full article
JP Morgan says insurance fallout from Russia-Ukraine not seismic
20th May 2022
JP Morgan has posited that re/insurance industry estimates arising from Ukraine’s invasion by Russia will fall as more information emerges. The viewpoint is put across in the firm’s latest Love Actuary, which focuses on the conflict in Europe. JP Morgan wrote: “Whilst Q1 only showed part of the picture on claims, we ... Read the full article
PartnerRe falls to net loss on investments, but non-life underwriting improves
20th May 2022
Bermuda-based PartnerRe has reported an improvement in non-life underwriting for the first-quarter of 2022, although unrealised losses on the back of increases in interest rates has resulted in a net loss of $539 million. The net loss reported by PartnerRe represents a deterioration from the $66 million loss announced in Q1 ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s confident all Ukraine war scenarios fall within ‘manageable tolerances’
19th May 2022
While the cumulative effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in certain classes of re/insurance will undoubtedly be significant, the specialist Lloyd's marketplace is confident that all loss scenarios will be manageable for both the corporation and individual syndicates, according to Patrick Tiernan, Chief of Markets. In late March, when reporting ... Read the full article
Limited war losses so far, but key uncertainties remain: RBC
16th May 2022
First quarter 2022 results season has shown that reserving assumptions for Russia's invasion of Ukraine varied widely, with limited reported losses of $1.3 billion against an industry loss range from the war of $10 billion to $15 billion, according to analysts at RBC. In a recent note on UK specialty property ... Read the full article