Cat risk Catastrophe Bonds, Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Floods, Sidecars/ILW
News
Axis expects nat cat losses of $140m in Q4 2019
Typhoon Hagibis the main contributor to losses
Australian hailstorms cost insurers A$320m
Insurance Council adds hail damage to nationwide fires as second concurrent catastrophe
Australia bushfire insured losses edge A$1.5bn
General insurers promise to pass on savings from a bushfire clean-up plan
Historical data becoming useless for insurance pricing, Zurich CRO warns
Peter Giger says insurers may have to rethink data strategies in light of climate change
Australia's life sector assessing climate change risks
Concerns on bushfires and global warming not confined to general insurers
Chubb signals lower Q4 catastrophe losses
The re/insurer expects catastrophe losses for Q4 2019 to be 30% lower year on year
Environmental risks dominate WEF's global risk ranking
First time environmental risks take first five spots in World Economic Forum report
Swiss Re structures cat bond to protect Bayview's investments against quake risk
The transaction will cover earthquakes risks in four US states
Cat bonds break $100bn barrier
Market has grown steadily since mid-1990s
RenRe taps capital markets to extend Beazley's cyber cat cover
The partnership follows an increase in the scale of the cyber threat
Analysis
Making scenario planning meaningful, effective and manageable
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An expert panel at InsuranceERM's Regulation & Risk Management conference on 3 December in London shared their advice on stress and scenario planning, an activity that has become increasingly important for risk teams as they play a greater role in business strategy
Zurich's Eugenie Molyneux: diversity is key for today's CROs
Eugenie Molyneux, chief risk officer for commercial insurance at Zurich, tells Cintia Cheong about the firm's approach to climate change and why diversity is important for the modern risk manager.
Eiopa's Gabriel Bernardino: climate disclosures will become mandatory
Gabriel Bernardino, chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) joined InsuranceERM's Insurance Risk and Capital EMEA conference earlier this month. In a Q&A with Christopher Cundy, he answered questions about climate change, the Solvency II review and conduct risk
Insurance ERM Americas: is cyber risk modelling up to scratch?
Panellists at InsuranceERM's New York conference shared their thoughts on the positive aspects of cyber risk modelling and where improvements are required. Christopher Cundy reports
The technology trends in risk and capital management
As re/insurers look to implement IFRS 17, manage cyber risk and drive modelling efficiencies, software vendors are gearing up to respond. Cloud and process automation solutions also figure highly in this year's InsuranceERM Technology Guide, introduced by Ronan McCaughey
Canopius: looking east and west for growth
This year's deals involving AmTrust and Samsung have given the 16-year-old Lloyd's operation a fresh impetus, as chairman Michael Watson explains to David Walker