All News articles – Page 23
-
NewsSIRC 2020 - COVID-19 a fractal shock to the reinsurance industry. Denis Kessler
A vast majority of risk can be visualised, but a virus spread is invisible, insidious and pernicious. People are infinitely more afraid of dangers they cannot see than the danger they can identify.
-
NewsSweden’s largest insurer, Folksam, leaked shares data of one million Swedes with tech giants
Sweden’s largest insurer, Folksam, accidentally leaked private data on about one million of its customers to a handful of the world’s largest technology companies, it said on Tuesday. Folksam, which insures 50% of Swedish homes and individuals, shared the data with tech giants such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft and LinkedIn. ...
-
NewsFord and Verisk collaborate to offer telematics data to insurers
Verisk, a data analytics provider, announced that Ford Motor Company has joined the Verisk Data Exchange™. Owners of eligible Ford and Lincoln vehicles will soon have easy access to usage-based insurance programs from the many U.S. auto insurers that connect to the Exchange—including three of the ten largest U.S. carriers.
-
NewsBerkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Introduces D&O Liability and Professional Indemnity Policies in Dubai
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced that it has finalized proprietary Directors & Officers (D&O) Liability and Professional Indemnity (PI) policy wordings for customers in the UAE and throughout the Middle East.
-
NewsReuters: Telefonica to team up with Allianz for €5 billion investment in Germany: Expansion
Spanish telecom giant Telefonica is readying an alliance with the private equity arm of German insurer Allianz to finance a 5 billion euro infrastructure investment in Germany, Spanish newspaper Expansion said on Monday.
-
NewsMunich Re expects further hardening of markets
Following years of eroding rates caused by excess capacities and low major-loss expenditure, particularly in European markets, low interest rates – likely to remain even lower for even longer due to the coronavirus pandemic – are impacting the profitability of reinsurers. Insurance covers are therefore likely to become more expensive, ...
-
NewsFCA proposes new measures for vulnerable customers in wake of Covid-19
The FCA has published new guidance on how insurers and brokers should be helping customers facing financial difficulties in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
-
NewsMoody’s affirms Hyperion debt rating in wake of A-Plan deal
Moody’s has also assigned B2 ratings to the new £475 million guaranteed senior secured term loan facility being issued by Hyperion Refinance, and the £125 million guaranteed senior secured revolving credit facility being extended to September 2024 by HIG. The outlooks on all issuers are stable.
-
NewsRSA chairman Martin Scicluna to step down next year
RSA chairman Martin Scicluna is to step down next year, according to reports on Sky News.
-
NewsJohn Lewis teams up with Munich Re’s Digital Partners, Sedgwick and ICE InsureTech for home insurance proposition
The high-end retail giant hopes to deliver a new home insurance product early next year targeted at a wider customer base as a result of the partnership
-
NewsBriefing: How insurers can beat the recession
Covid-19 has hit the insurance industry just as hard as the 2008 global financial crisis. But with the global economy hit even harder this time around, insurers are setting themselves up for a quicker return to growth than many may anticipate By insight editor Matt Scott
-
NewsFirst Spanish Insurer uses AI to assess vehicle damage
For the first time, an insurer in Spain – Admiral Seguros, the Spanish subsidiary of global insurer Admiral - is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create damage valuations and to generate an offer of immediate payment on damaged vehicles. To do this, Admiral Seguros is using an AI solution, ...
-
NewsInsurers expect few clashes between EU and UK over capital rules
Separate reviews in the European Union and Britain of capital requirements for insurers are likely to produce a similar set of rules for cross-border firms, insurers said on Tuesday. Since the capital rules were introduced by the EU in 2016, markets have evolved, with central banks pushing interest rates into ...
-
NewsFCA test case appeal confirmed for Supreme Court
However Ecclesiastical and Zurich have bowed out, while Qatar Insurance Company has been denied the right to intervene
-
NewsDubai World Insurance Congress 2022: Building a ‘Hybrid’ event
Join us at the biggest ‘pre-scheduled business meet-up’ in the Middle East.
-
NewsFCA called out as ‘shining example of regulatory intervention’ for test case action
Legal professionals are applauding the FCA’s prompt response to the conflict between insurers and policyholders surrounding Covid-19-related business interruption (BI) claims as the High Court yesterday published its verdict on the eight-day test case that sought to clarify non-damage BI policy wordings and their interpretation.
-
NewsBriefing: Customers will face more agony despite test case ruling
The FCA ruling will only help some clients and, even then, there will be arguments over payouts. The FCA ruling closes one chapter on this unedifying experience for the insurance industry. There are lessons to be learned.
-
NewsHannover Re anticipates significant price increases in property and casualty reinsurance
Hannover Re expects to see significant price increases spanning the various lines of property and casualty reinsurance in the treaty renewals as at 1 January 2021. The key drivers here are the strains incurred by primary insurers and reinsurers in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic, a further drop in interest ...
-
NewsFitch: Competition in Sri Lanka Non-Life Sector to Rise as Premiums Fall
Fitch believes that new business premiums from motor insurance - which accounted for around 60% of the non-life insurance industry’s gross premiums - will contract in 2020 with the reduction in new vehicle registrations. We believe the release of the limited new-vehicle stocks into the market will be insufficient to ...
-
NewsFitch: New Supervisory Framework to Enhance HK Insurance Groups’ Risk Management
The proposed new group-wide supervisory (GWS) framework in Hong Kong will strengthen the ability of the regulator to oversee Hong Kong-based internationally active insurance groups (IAIGs), which will push insurance groups to strengthen the sophistication of their risk management and improve the management of their group-wide capital adequacy, Fitch Ratings ...
