Week in Review

What If We Applied the Urgency of Solving COVID to Climate Change? It is crucial that companies and the (re)insurance market incorporate climate change into business considerations as investors, ratings agencies and financial regulators apply pressure on firms. Read the article >> CAT-i Bulletin: Severe Hail Activity – U.S. Southern Plains April 28: Severe ... Continue Reading »

April 2021 Reinsurance Renewals; Japan: At the April 1 reinsurance renewals, property catastrophe pricing increased for the third year in a row. Following the first loss-free year since 2018, there was some consolation for buyers in that the average increase was the lowest of the past three years. Rates moved up on average by a small percentage for mutual buyers. Read the ... Continue Reading »

April 2021 Reinsurance Renewals; Japan: At the April 1 reinsurance renewals, property catastrophe pricing increased for the third year in a row. Following the first loss-free year since 2018, there was some consolation for buyers in that the average increase was the lowest of the past three years. Rates moved up on average by a small percentage for mutual buyers. Read the ... Continue Reading »

Chart: Guy Carpenter Global Property Catastrophe Rate-On-Line (ROL) Index – 1990 to 2021: The Guy Carpenter Global Property Catastrophe ROL index was up 4.5 percent year on year, at January 1. View the chart >> Renewals Season Roundup: As we head into the mid-year renewal season, GC Capital Ideas brings together posts highlighting the renewals that occurred at the ... Continue Reading »

Chart: Guy Carpenter Global Property Catastrophe Rate-On-Line (ROL) Index – 1990 to 2021: The Guy Carpenter Global Property Catastrophe ROL index was up 4.5 percent year on year, at January 1. View the chart >> Creating More Opportunity for Women in the Post-Pandemic World: Gender equality isn’t just about strong female role models. It has to involve society more ... Continue Reading »

Chart: Guy Carpenter Global Property Catastrophe Rate-On-Line (ROL) Index – 1990 to 2021: The Guy Carpenter Global Property Catastrophe ROL index was up 4.5 percent year on year, at January 1. View the chart >> Reinsurance Implications of the United Kingdom’s Business Interruption Test Case: On January 15, 2021, the UK Supreme Court issued its widely anticipated ... Continue Reading »

Reinsurance Implications of the United Kingdom’s Business Interruption Test Case: On January 15, 2021, the UK Supreme Court issued its widely anticipated decision in the Financial Conduct Authority’s business interruption (BI) test case. The FCA brought the test case to resolve uncertainty for certain BI policyholders affected by the COVID pandemic. Although the Court ruled ... Continue Reading »

Chart: Top 10 Largest Insured Losses Versus Projections for COVID-19: Company-reported COVID-19 losses are near USD 30 billion. When added to 2020 large losses, total loss is approximately USD 110 billion. Using the mid-point of public COVID-19 loss estimates, a number in excess of USD 140 billion is generated. View the chart >> (Re)insurance Leaders Weigh In: The ... Continue Reading »

Reinsurance Implications of the United Kingdom’s Business Interruption Test Case: On January 15, 2021, the UK Supreme Court issued its widely anticipated decision in the Financial Conduct Authority’s business interruption (BI) test case. The FCA brought the test case to resolve uncertainty for certain BI policyholders affected by the COVID pandemic. Although the Court ruled ... Continue Reading »

Reinsurance Implications of the United Kingdom’s Business Interruption Test Case: On January 15, 2021, the UK Supreme Court issued its widely anticipated decision in the Financial Conduct Authority’s business interruption (BI) test case. The FCA brought the test case to resolve uncertainty for certain BI policyholders affected by the COVID pandemic. Although the Court ruled ... Continue Reading »