Insurance & Reinsurance

Willis Re Study Reveals Reinsurance Capital up 15% Year-on-Year

Total capital dedicated to the global reinsurance industry measured US$605 billion at year-end 2019, reflecting robust 15% year-on-year growth. This was primarily driven by 2019’s strong investment market performance and was achieved despite a 3% […]

Fraud

Fraud: Doctor Struck Off After Faking PI Report Evidence

Horwich Farrelly, the leading insurance industry law firm, working in conjunction with LV=, one of the UK’s largest car insurers, has finally achieved its goal of seeing a doctor who had systematically falsified expert witness […]

News

Dutch Insurers Feeling the Corona Pain, Says GlobalData Report

Economic uncertainty and declining financial markets are expected to impact a range of Dutch insurance products, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData insurance analyst, Deblina Mitra, commented: “A rise in economic uncertainty […]

News

DBRS Morningstar Report on Life Insurance Sector & Corona Impact

DBRS Morningstar has published a commentary, “Assessing the Impact on Life Insurers’ Financial Strength Ratings as the Coronavirus Crisis Unfolds,” which discusses some of the challenges in assessing life insurers’ ratings during the Coronavirus Disease […]

Insurance Regulation

EIOPA Publishes Second Report on Insurance & Pensions Investments

The European Insurance and Occupations Pensions Authority (EIOPA), has today published its second report on cost and past performance of insurance-based investments products (IBIPs) and personal pension products (PPPs) in the European Union. The report is published following a request from […]

Global insurance trends

GlobalData Report Sees Downturn in Japan’s Motor Insurance Market

Motor insurance, which is a dominant business line in the Japanese general insurance market, is set to witness stagnation over the next four years due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, says GlobalData, a leading data […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

S&P Global Report Highlights Long Term Flood Risk in the UK by 2040

S&P Global has published a report that looks at the long term flood risk in the UK. Taking into account Met Office predictions on rainfall, the age of UK housing stock, automated claims systems, local […]