Archive

  • Texas tornadoes hit state's insurers for $2bn

    25 October 2019

    The outbreak was the costliest tornado event in the history of Texas

  • Travelers posts Q3 underwriting loss amid asbestos fear

    22 October 2019

    Insurer faces “challenging tort environment” on asbestos claims,shares fall

  • US P&C insurers must focus on underwriting as investment lags

    21 October 2019

    Low rates, competition driving underwriting pressures, says Guy Carpenter

  • Insurance heavyweights join Federal Reserve advisory team

    21 October 2019

    Inaugural members have backgrounds in life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance

  • InsureTech Connect: What happens in Vegas?

    15 October 2019

    Insurers piled into the Nevada desert last month to meet their technological future at the InsureTech Connect event. It all points to the inviolable certainty that insurtech is no longer just a buzzword. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • RGAX and Mutual of Omaha transact reinsurance on blockchain

    11 October 2019

    Distributed ledger technology can reduce administrative burden in reinsurance

  • Insurance ERM Americas: Predictive analytics, AI and the risk function

    08 October 2019

    Forget the hype. Insurers see the real promise for predictive analytics and artificial intelligence in helping them sharpen their business priorities and spot risks faster. Ronan McCaughey reports from last month’s Insurance ERM Americas conference.

  • New York Life appoints Eric Feldstein as CFO

    08 October 2019

    He replaces Joel Steinberg who will resume his role as the life insurer’s chief risk officer

  • RMS unveils pre-landfall hurricane analysis tools

    03 October 2019

    The catastrophe risk modeller used the tools during hurricane Dorian last month

  • Tokio Marine to purchase US insurer for $3.1bn

    03 October 2019

    Japanese insurer eyes US high net worth insurance market