All Underwriting articles
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NewsDWIC 2023: Caught out by the hard market
A DWIC roundtable on underwriting discussed the impact of hardening reinsurance rates and new technology
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NewsSwiss Re splits business into P&C Re and L&H Re
Urs Baertschi will lead P&C Re and Moses Ojeisekhoba will take over leadership of Global Clients and Solutions
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NewsFidelis completes landmark MGU and balance sheet split
The Fidelis MGU is headed by Richard Brindle with Jonny Creagh-Coen head of strategic relationships
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NewsCompanies with higher ESG ratings are a better risk - study
Environmental ratings have the strongest correlation with loss ratios, according to the analysis by Howden and Fidelis
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NewsPRA fines MS Amlin £10m for risk and governance failings
Re/insurer failed to ’embed a strong or effective risk culture within the business’, finds UK regulator
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NewsJohan Slabbert appointed CEO of MSIG Holdings (US)
Veteran underwriter Andrew Carrier will take on Slabbert’s current role of MS Amlin chief executive
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NewsFidelis introduces new fossil fuel restrictions
Pledges are in line with Fidelis’ recently made pledges as a member of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance
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NewsEuropean wildfires rise 75% YOY
As wildfires have only recently been considered a material peril, the modelling is not as developed, finds Chaucer
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NewsAon Saudi Arabia appoints CEO
Samer AlFayez was previously chief executive officer of Elite Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers
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NewsHannover Re reveals ‘higher than expected’ losses in Q1
The reinsurer’s combined ratio in property and casualty reinsurance increased to 99.5%
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NewsMarkel reveals Q1 investment losses
The reinsurance company saw an improvement in its combined ratio despite losses relating to Russia-Ukraine
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NewsGibraltar on the rise as underwriting performance improves on the Rock
Insurance in Gibraltar is a growing market, with insurers based in the country reporting gross written premium (GWP) totalling more than £5.3bn for 2020/21, up from £4.6bn a year earlier, according to analysis from data insight and consultancy service Insurance DataLab.
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NewsCastel enters Renewable Energy market
Castel will underwrite a book of marine, construction and operating risks, business interruption, general liability, sabotage, terrorism and theft losses and natural catastrophe coverages.
