LA fires stoke insurer unease as claims bill mounts
Barrenjoey’s Andrew Adams says the wildfires highlight the growing unpredictability of weather patterns and the increasing ...
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QBE takes LMA’s Boyd as senior hull and war underwriter
QBE has hired Michelle Boyd as a senior underwriter in its marine hull and war team, Insurance Insider can reveal. Boyd will ...
Australia’s insurers better prepared than California, as fires fan flames of premium pain
Australia’s insurers have little to learn from the dysfunctional Californian insurance market, with the co-chair of the ...
Insurers hope Australians have disaster-proofed their property during recent ‘benign’ times
What could have been a wet and wild 2024 was actually an unusually “normal” 12 months without too many fires, floods or ...
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Daily Digest: Top news from 7 January
In its Market Dynamics report on the 1 January renewal, Aon said cedants retained almost 90% of insured cat losses over 2023 ...
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QBE gets $250m Bridge Street Re cat bond priced 14% below initial mid-point
QBE, the Australia headquartered global insurance and reinsurance group, has now secured its targeted $250 million of retrocessional protection from its ...
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QBE sees Bridge Street Re catastrophe bond as “important enabler”: Killourhy
Having recently secured $250 million of retrocessional reinsurance protection from its first catastrophe bond sponsorship ...
Aon appoints John Neal as Global Chairman of Climate Solutions and Global CEO of Reinsurance
Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, announced today the appointment of John Neal as Global ...