US/Canada/Bermuda

Analysis

10 January 2025

Beneva's CEO talks sustainability, from boardroom to basement

Jean-François Chalifoux sat down with Joshua Geer to discuss how the Canadian insurer integrates sustainability into the business and the role of insurance in societal resilience
28 November 2024

Looking under the hood of Cayman Islands' life reinsurance

Jeremy Trader, chief actuary at Cayman Islands-based Knighthead Annuity and Life, tells Sarfraz Thind it is important to look beyond the surface when judging the jurisdiction's value
22 November 2024

IR&C Bermuda: CRO tips on managing interconnected risks

Insurers' risk functions should shift beyond traditional structures and siloed thinking - and embrace flexibility and creativity when dealing with interconnected threats, risk experts in Bermuda have advised. Ronan McCaughey reports
14 November 2024

A historical perspective on the challenges in America's insurance markets

Katherine Hempstead has written a book that unpacks the evolution of insurance in the US. She explains to Joshua Geer the role played by state and federal regulation, and how the market has been shaped by decisions taken centuries ago
21 October 2024

Cayman Islands aiming to become the next reinsurance idyll

Already one of the biggest captive and alternative asset venues in the world, the Cayman Islands is on a quest to make its serendipitous location a hub for reinsurers. The Deputy Premier and head of its reinsurance association spoke to Sarfraz Thind in New York about why they should be taken seriously

News

  • LA wildfires set to be record insured loss event, but re/insurers can absorb impact

    10 January 2025

    Some estimates suggest insured losses are at $20bn already

  • Raging wildfires in Los Angeles set to trigger "significant" insured losses

    08 January 2025

    AM Best and Moody's share preliminary insights

  • Climate and Sustainability Roundup: Trump's return and LA ablaze

    08 January 2025

    InsuranceERM highlights climate and sustainability news from the past month

  • Swiss Re forecasts stable US P&C profitability, despite elevated uncertainty

    07 January 2025

    The reinsurer expects the sector's premium growth to decelerate

  • Insurers must keep monitoring climate despite anti-ESG Trump, says Kennedys partner

    06 January 2025

    The law firm's sustainability and ESG report says disclosure risks will remain

  • InsuranceERM's 2024 review: Tougher regulatory action on AI

    30 December 2024

  • Severe storms and tornadoes slam southeast US

    30 December 2024

  • Strong reinsurer appetite drives loss-free property cat rates down at 1 Jan renewals

    30 December 2024

    But prices rise up to 30% for loss-affected books, says Guy Carpenter

  • BMA pushes for more disclosures from life re/insurers

    27 December 2024

    Bermuda regulator proposes 31 December 2025 start for enhanced liabilities and assets reporting

  • InsuranceERM's 2024 review: a merry year for pension risk transfer

    27 December 2024

  • Suzanne Williams-Charles: tackling Bermuda's life re/insurance challenges

    24 December 2024

    Suzanne Williams-Charles, CEO of the Bermuda International Long Term Insurers and Reinsurers (Biltir) association, talks about the year in which her mind has been occupied by promoting Bermuda's life re/insurance market and, in particular, the asset-intensive space.

  • Bermuda P&C insurers' cat loss exposure climbs 11%

    24 December 2024

    BMA's year-end 2023 analysis reveals island's global cat loss share stable at 23%

  • Bermuda's life premiums grew 24% in 2023

    23 December 2024

    BMA report also reveals the outcome of life market stress testing

  • Cayman Islands' offshore reinsurance mission faces several hurdles

    20 December 2024

    Gallagher Re examines the case for and against Cayman

  • InsuranceERM's 2024 review: Mad, bad and sad for the US insurance market

    18 December 2024
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