News

Hurricane Dorian Could Cost the Reinsurance Sector Billions

The costs of Hurricane Dorian could be $25 billion according to UBS, and the storm still hasn’t made landfall on the US mainland. Dorian, which is the second-strongest Atlantic storm on record, (see graphic above […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Lloyd’s Market: LMG Launches EventWatch Service

As Hurricane Dorian tracks steadily towards the USA, it’s useful to know that the LMG have launched a 24/7 events monitoring service via smartphone app, which will be of interest to underwriters, MGAs and brokers. […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Reinsurance: Willis Towers Publishes New Market Insights & Data

Strengthening primary insurance market conditions underpinned improvements to reinsurance prices, terms and conditions at the June 1, and July 1, 2019, renewals according to the latest 1st View renewals report from Willis Re, the reinsurance division of […]

Opinion

Opinion: Data Sharing Can Help Minimise Extreme Weather Risks, Reduce Claims

Jonathan Guard, Director, Commercial Markets, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, UK and Ireland looks at how data crunching can underpin more detailed, richer and ultimately more cost-effective risk analysis within the insurance sector. Extreme weather can cause […]

Global insurance trends

Lloyds Research Highlights Under-Insurance Risk in Emerging Economies

An estimated $163 billion of assets are underinsured in the world today, leaving an exposure gap that poses a significant threat to livelihoods and global prosperity, according to new research from Lloyd’s and the Centre […]

InsureTech

Etherisc Launches Blockchain Insurance to Cope With Storms & Disasters

Etherisc, the global, decentralized insurance platform for collectively building insurance products, has today announced its support for the first blockchain-enabled insurance product to combat catastrophic weather events in Puerto Rico. The hurricane insurance policy on […]

Global insurance trends

Willis Towers Energy Review Shows Losses & Stability in Sector

Willis Towers Watson today launched its Energy Market Review for 2018, stating that the downstream energy sector suffered its worst loss record for nearly ten years. However, despite this and the impact of 2017’s Gulf […]