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News
Nat cats cost insurers $15bn in H1
Insured losses for nat cats in H1 were half of the 10-year average
Typhoon Lekima: insured losses in China to exceed $850m
Predicted total economic losses from Lekima are reportedly as high as $7.4bn
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"Manageable" catastrophe losses boost Latin American reinsurers' profits
Long-term relationships with ceding firms drive stable renewals
Townsville Australia flood losses continue to rise
Property insurance losses from the flooding have hit the $800m mark
Property catastrophe reinsurance rates up 15-25% after 2018 losses
Reinsurance sector remains resilient, says S&P
Atlantic hurricane season set to ramp up
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has forecast increased hurricane activity
Hannover Re's Viridium investment boosts H1 life and health profit
Reinsurer gained one-off income of Є100m from the run-off specialist
Argo Group's net income tumbles in Q2
Catastrophe and accident losses hit the Bermuda-based speciality re/insurer
Munich Re costs H1 nat cat insured losses at $15bn
Tornadoes in the US, thunderstorms in Europe and floods in Australia were the costliest disasters
Analysis
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
Climate risk in the US: time to stand up
Trenchant politics, vested interests, short-term thinking ... tackling climate change in the US is an uphill battle. Washington insurance commissioner Mike Kreidler tells Sarfraz Thind about the difficulties of standing up to the status quo
Glyphosate, opioids and talc - candidates for the next asbestos?
Claims relating to asbestos exposure caused a catastrophic level of losses for the insurance industry. What is the potential for the scenario to be repeated by other chemicals and compounds? Paul Walsh reports
A shake-up of Australian earthquake modelling
David Walker finds that much has changed in the risk models used to assess the country's seismic hazard - and in the mentality of the modellers themselves
Australia raises its game on wildfire loss models
Ten years ago, Australia suffered one of its worst outbreaks of bushfires that burned 300,000 hectares and took 173 lives. David Walker reports on how wildfire modelling has developed to cope with this increasing threat
Risk insights from outer space
Satellite and drone technology has transformed the ability of re/insurers to assess risks and losses from natural catastrophes, as Dave Fox explains