Global insurance trends

Munich Re Looks Back on a Costly Cat Event Year

There were plenty of named storms and flooding across the globe in 2024. Munich Re looks back at the estimated insured losses; Worldwide, natural disasters caused losses of US$ 320bn in 2024 (2023, adjusted for […]

Opinion

Three Proactive Communication Tips to Capture More Wallet Share

This piece is by Tara Kelly, CEO and Founder of SPLICE Software   and it looks at the problems in the US market as Cat events damage increasingly concentrated clusters of property and other assets, being built […]

Global insurance trends

IDF Looks Back on a Year of International Progress

International co-operation on insurance can only be a good thing. Streamlining things like back office admin, legal exclusions, T&Cs or typical Life, Home and Car cover, can mean policy coverage is easier to understand in […]

Global insurance trends

Swiss Re Estimates 2023 Was a Record Year For Cat Events

The latest analysis from Swiss Re suggests that there were a record number of Cat events recorded worldwide. However, like the weather trends long term, some deep analysis of the way storm/Cat events are defined, […]

News

Waterstreet Wants to Step Up on California & Florida Coverage

Wildfires, hurricanes, rising crime, homelessness and a heavily armed population – the American Dream is crumbling for millions of people in the USA. One reaction to higher risk and asset values is a tighter market […]

Flood Insurance

AXA XL Launches Coastal Flood Mapping Tool

At COP26, AXA XL launched the Coastal Risk Index (CRI), an innovative tool that maps current and future flood hazard resulting from climate change and integrates for the first time the protective benefits of coastal […]

Flood Insurance

RMS Releases Data on US Wildfire & Flood Risks

RMS has released significant updates to its U.S. Wildfire HD and U.S. Inland Flood HD Models, part of the High Definition (HD) Model suite on RMS Risk Modeler™ powered by RMS Risk Intelligence™. Flood and […]

Global insurance trends

Aon Global Weather Report Highlights Growing Catastrophe Risks

Aon plc (NYSE:AON), a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, today launches its Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight: 2019 Annual Report. This evaluates the impact of global natural […]