UK Insurance Trends

Bloomberg Offers Insights on Pension Transfer Market

Some thoughts on the pensions buy-in and buy-out market from Bloomberg Intelligence; The £1.7 trillion of UK defined-benefit pensions will look increasingly well-funded as the rise in AA corporate bond yields is sustained, according to […]

Global insurance trends

DB Pensions: The Times They Are a’ Changing

Latest insights into defined pension benefits from Bloomberg; Rapid change in the UK defined-benefit pension market looks to be encouraging for Legal & General, Aviva and Phoenix’s prospects, says a new report from Bloomberg Intelligence. […]

Insurance claims

Can EV Claims Costs Be Contained Long Term?

Bloomberg thinks that the costs of repairing, recalibrating and storing EVs could cause a claims headache for insurers. They could be right up to a point, as the infrastructure regarding safe battery pack storage at […]

Global insurance trends

US Market: Hurricane Season Could Be Costly

Reinsurers face a testing hurricane season this year, according to new analysis from Bloomberg Intelligence (BI). Though early indications suggest Hurricane Ida, which made landfall on August 29 – the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina – […]

Global insurance trends

Bloomberg Warns On Olympics Cancellation Claims

Could this be another BI claims argument? Maybe, although IE thinks that Japan will go ahead with the events no matter what. These are islands that cope routinely with earthquakes, 70 hour working weeks and […]

Global insurance trends

Bloomberg Report on Covid Reinsurance Costs Released

The cumulative cost of COVID-19 claims for the largest life reinsurers hit $4.4 billion in the first quarter of the year as mortality rates spiked, a new report published by Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) says. The […]

cyber insurance

Colonial Pipeline Cyber Attack Highlights Growing Risk

Fact is, regardless of the pandemic, some bad people are out there trying to wreck companies and hold entire countries to ransom using cyber attacks that cripple infrastructure. The estimated economic cost of cyber-crime exceeds […]

Global insurance trends

Bloomberg Report Sees Rapid Growth in Chinese Healthcare Insurance

Leading Chinese-based insurers and pharmacies will be among the winners from the global technological transformation of health care, Bloomberg Intelligence believes. It has identified three smart health care related companies, which have been included in […]