All Nat Cat articles
-
NewsNew record of 142 nat cats adds up to $108bn in 2023 – Swiss Re
Swiss Re Institute said frequency of events is main driver of insured loss accumulation, with severe convective storms accounting for a record $64bn last year.
-
News$100bn is the new normal for annual nat cat losses – WTW
2023 revealed the scale of the protection gap, but was still a $100bn+ nat cat year, the broker said.
-
NewsCyber leads Allianz Risk Barometer in 2024
Data breaches, attacks on critical infrastructure or physical assets and increased ransomware attacks drive cyber concerns, in the German insurer’s annual paper on the global risk landscape.
-
NewsSmooth 1/1 helped by reinsurer profits, higher pricing across retro and primary markets
Global reinsurance capital surpassed $635bn at the nine-month point of 2023, according to Aon.
-
NewsSevere US storms broke records for H1 nat cat losses – Swiss Re
Severe convective storms drove global natural catastrophe insured losses, which reached $50bn across all perils, according to the Swiss Re Institute.
-
NewsAbove-average H1 nat cats hit $52bn – Gallagher Re
Insured losses from natural catastrophes in the first half of 2023 were driven by a series of big US storms and El Niño’s arrival.
-
NewsSwiss Re targets ROE of 14% for 2024
The Group has completed its turnaround of Corporate Solutions and improved P&C margins - CEO Mumenthaler
-
NewsAXA XL Partners with Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies to Launch Online Disaster Recovery Hub
A new online Disaster Recovery Hub comprised of more than 100 major disaster case studies, and covering different events in different locations, has been launched by the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies at Cambridge Judge Business School in partnership with AXA XL to help with such guidance.
-
NewsReuters: Western German floods could prove pricey for insurers
German insurance industry association GDV plans to give its first estimate of the damage next week.
-
News‘Average’ Atlantic hurricane season to reflect more storms
Higher averages based on most recent 30-year climate record
-
NewsNew fault investigated ten years on from Christchurch
A decade on, GNS Science experts have embarked on a research project to determine the earthquake risk of a recently discovered fault in the Waikato
-
-
NewsQBE hikes catastrophe allowance by 24% after extreme weather
Premiums could rise after insurer QBE increased its allowance for catastrophic weather claims by almost a quarter following a year of unprecedented weather events in Australia and the United States.
-
NewsSwiss Re to create new fund for institutional and designated professional investors to access natural catastrophe business
With this approval, the company will manage a standalone fund company, 1863 Fund Ltd, which will allow investors a new avenue to access Swiss Re’s natural catastrophe business.
-
NewsSCOR: Why Cat Bonds remain attractive, despite the high number of natural catastrophes
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is coming to an end. With 28 named storms, 12 of which developed into hurricane status, 2020 is now tied with 2005 for the highest number of storms in a single season.
