All Property Catastrophe articles
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NewsRVS 2026 cover story: Building the new Willis Re
GR editor David Benyon spoke to the advance guard of the return of Willis Re, Jim Summers, CEO of global specialties, and John Fletcher, CEO of Willis Re Bermuda, as they lay the groundwork for this next generation reinsurance broker.
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NewsAon: Record capital set to drive more flexible reinsurance market in 2027
Record levels of reinsurance capital are set to give buyers greater room to reshape programmes at the coming 1 January renewals, with Aon expecting further pricing relief alongside increased use of alternative capital and facultative solutions
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NewsVerisk lifts global yearly insured cat loss benchmark to $171bn
Modelled average annual losses rise $19bn in a year, according to cat modeller Verisk, with the US accounting for 68% of global insured cat risk
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NewsOpEd: Offshore wind – A hundred identical things
Offshore wind is being insured on a wording built for something else, Russell Pulver writes, and the serial-loss exposure that follows cannot be read off the page
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NewsSand and snow: Shared financial risk across climate extremes
An op-ed partnership by Brendan Plessis, executive vice president, Sukoon insurance, with Cristiano Zazzara, adjuct professor of finance, NYU Stern School of Business, and Professor Paolo Taticchi, UCL Centre for Sustainable Business
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NewsLockton Re completes first hybrid property cat and cyber ILW
Transaction combines property catastrophe and cyber triggers within a single limit structure as broker targets growth in hybrid risk transfer solutions
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NewsVerisk puts Kumamoto earthquake insured losses at up to $2.1bn
Howden Re commented saying it expects losses to remain well below the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, although the extent of business interruption will depend on restart timelines at semiconductor facilities
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NewsEffective model selection starts with model appropriateness
Cat models should be interconnected components, each with uniquely valuable information, writes Tom Philp, founder and CEO, Maximum Information
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NewsModerate H1 cat losses mask regional extremes, Aon warns
Global economic losses from natural disasters fell 25% below average to $111bn, but insured cat losses remained broadly in line with historical levels as US severe convective storms dominated the industry toll
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NewsMS Amlin joins Natural Disaster Fund as capacity partner
Lloyd’s re/insurer MS Amlin joins Hannover Re as a capacity provider, committing up to $50m of risk capacity to support climate and disaster protection across the Global South
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NewsGallagher Re: Florida reforms drive market softening amid quieter hurricane outlook
Reinsurance broker’s nat cat update said Florida buyers used a softer market to add protection, as the broker highlighted lower expected Atlantic hurricane activity and abundant mid-year capacity
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NewsMS Amlin warns earthquake models miss supershear loss risk
The Lloyd’s insurer said supershear ruptures accounted for two thirds of insured earthquake losses since 2016, but remain largely absent from catastrophe models
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NewsVerisk launches reengineered US hurricane model
The updated tropical cyclone model will be available through Verisk’s new cloud-native Synergy Studio platform from 15 June
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NewsHowden Re forecasts quieter Atlantic hurricane season
Forecasters expect below-average storm activity in 2026, but Howden Re warned that a single landfalling hurricane can still drive significant insured losses
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NewsAcrisure Re forecasts slightly subdued 2026 hurricane season
Reinsurance broker expects around 13 named storms this year, but warned that elevated ocean temperatures in key regions leave the market exposed to rapid intensification and landfall risk
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NewsMoody’s warns US flood protection gap could top $1trn
A report co-authored by Jennifer Chang, senior vice president for sustainable finance credit, Moody’s Ratings, and Firas Saleh, director of North American flood models, Moody’s, looks at flood scenarios facing the US and warns of a yawning protection gap
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NewsDescartes appoints Hermelin as chief strategy officer to drive growth
New role at parametric-dedicated re/insurer supports ambition to reach $500m in premiums by 2028
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NewsGallagher Re’s Bowen: SCS, data centres and ENSO focuses after ‘manageable’ Q1 leaves cat budgets intact
As storm season approaches, the reinsurance broker’s chief scientist tells GR that a relatively benign start to 2026 has strengthened insurer balance sheets ahead of peak catastrophe season, while structural drivers continue to reshape loss trends
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NewsFrom ‘drop in the ocean’ to scalable parametric protection – CelsiusPro’s Rueegg
Mark Rueegg, founder and CEO of CelsiusPro Group, explains why satellite-triggered re/insurance cover, premium subsidy and donor backing are critical to closing the climate protection gap in the Global South.
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NewsKCC estimates $6.7bn insured loss from Winter Storm Fern
Modelled losses, primarily driven by winter freeze, span more than 30 states as burst pipes and power outages compound impacts across southern US
