All Property Catastrophe articles
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NewsWildfire, SCS, and the future of cat modelling – Karen Clark interview
Karen Clark, CEO of Karen Clark & Company (KCC), is a pioneer in catastrophe risk modelling. As the industry faces mounting challenges from wildfires, severe convective storms (SCS), and shifting market conditions, the looks to the future of cat models.
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NewsAon, Swiss Re and Floodbase launch storm surge parametric partnership
Parametric solution bringing together the broker, re/insurer and parametric provider aims ‘to bolster US hurricane insurance protection’.
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NewsMulti-source data’s critical role in responding to the LA wildfires
The LA wildfires underscored the importance of balancing speed with precision, writes David Heathcote of McKenzie Intelligence Services.
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NewsLA firestorm: $20-30bn insured loss estimate from Moody’s RMS
Cat modeller’s preliminary estimate range reflects impacts observed to date, with significant uncertainty.
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NewsProperty cat ROL down 6.6% globally at 1/1 – Guy Carpenter
The reinsurance broker released its rate-on-line indices for property catastrophe business at the 1 January reinsurance renewal, headlined by a US decrease of 6.2% and an overall fall of 6.6% globally.
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NewsHowden at 1/1 heralds new phase in the cycle ‘past the pricing peak’
Risk-adjusted price reductions at January renewals included retrocession down 13.5%, D&F down 12.5%, global property cat down 8% and London market casualty XoL down 2%.
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NewsGallagher Re at 1/1: ‘tense’ casualty negotiations put onus on data; prop cat competition ‘responsible’
The reinsurance market is in a strong financial position at the 1/1 renewal, according to the reinsurance broker’s “1st View Report: Differentiation Rewarded” and an interview with Gallagher Re’s Chirag Shah.
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NewsGuy Carpenter on 1/1: ‘strong reinsurer appetite, excess prop cat capacity’
Non-loss-impacted property catastrophe renewals fell 5-15% risk-adjusted at 1/1, the broker said, but casualty reinsurance buyers experienced ”varying outcomes”.
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NewsMilton to cost $26bn “best estimate” insured loss – Moody’s RMS
Hurricane Milton will cost insurers and reinsurers somewhere in the range of $22-$36bn, according to Moody’s RMS Event Response.
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NewsMoody’s RMS puts $35-55bn insured loss estimate on Helene and Milton combined
Catastrophe modeller Moody’s RMS will issue its final industry-insured loss estimate for Hurricane Milton later this week.
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NewsMilton makes Florida landfall south of Tampa
Hurricane Milton’s US landfall came at Siesta Key as a category three storm, leaving more than two million homes and businesses without power.
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NewsVerisk puts $6-11bn insured loss estimate on Helene
Catastrophe modeller Verisk estimates industry insured losses in the US for Hurricane Helene will range between $6-11bn.
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NewsHurricane Helene slams into Florida – Moody’s re/insurance impact report
Insurers most exposed to the storm are Florida-only carriers, the ratings agency emphasised.
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NewsDiscipline holds after ‘all time high’ – Hiscox Re & ILS
Matthew Wilken, chief underwriting officer (CUO) of Hiscox Re & ILS thinks pricing discipline and fresh demand mean the reinsurance market is in “a good place” this summer. He is responsible for the reinsurance carriers’ book of more than $1bn gross premium.
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NewsGuy Carpenter: Driving innovation through nature-based solutions
Research reveals a range of human factors are the main drivers of increasing loss frequency and cumulative losses for severe convective storms, writes Josh Darr, managing director, global head of peril advisory, Guy Carpenter.
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NewsNat cat insured bill hits ‘new high’ of $151bn annual loss average – Verisk
Exposure growth is expected to average 7.2%, according to a new report from catastrophe risk data and analytics firm Verisk.
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NewsHurricane damage – wind or flood and why it matters
Matthew Patience, senior client solutions manager at McKenzie Intelligence Services, writes that actionable insights are now available into insurers’ total exposure from both perils at a portfolio, policy, and property-level view, within hours and days of an event taking place.
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NewsAscot Group sticks to consistency over opportunism – CRO interview
Steve Guijarro, Ascot’s US chief risk officer maintains an aversion to taking big bets, as the re/insurer continues to prioritise a stable and diversified long-term underwriting strategy.
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NewsReinsurance buyers adding to cat limits in 2024 – Guy Carpenter
The reinsurance broker put out a note saying there had been “meaningful additional catastrophe limit purchased” already this year.
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NewsMid-year renewals ‘consolidate’ 1/1 trends – Aon
Aon described a ‘favourable’ July renewal on balance for reinsurance buyers in its Reinsurance Market Dynamics July 2024 report.
