All reinsurance articles
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AnalysisSummer 2022 heatwave saw surge in subsidence payouts
UK insurers are expected to pay £219m in subsidence claims, caused by last summer’s ’record breaking high temperatures’, says ABI
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AnalysisBrit increases cyber consortium capacity by 50%
Product is designed to protect clients from the impact of physical damage arising from cyber-attacks
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AnalysisTurkey earthquake largest in 84 years
Tragedy is a reminder that resilience is the main defense against such powerful seismic events
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AnalysisHow short-term challenges are impacting the net-zero transition
Charles Sincock explains how global risks are altering our journey to net zero and what this means for businesses
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AnalysisCommercial insurance rate hikes continue
Insurance pricing rose by an average of 5.7% in 2022, the sixth consecutive year of rate increases
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OpinionCyber: Why are buyers opting to retain risk? And other questions
Some surprising trends have emerged in the industrial cyber risk landscape. What does this mean for 2023?
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AnalysisUK’s Pool Re welcomes new duty of care Law
Locations with a capacity of 800 or over will require a risk assessment and implementation of a security plan
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AnalysisAirmic: Risk management is a ‘two-way street’
Association responds to Munich Re’s calls for pricing discipline; Says members should be “recognised and rewarded” by insurers
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AnalysisEurope’s captives ‘show their worth’ through challenging market
AM Best has observed an uptick in the use of existing captives in response to the hardening market conditions
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AnalysisCOP27: Egypt moots catastrophe pool to build climate resilience
Ahead of COP27, insurance industry experts gathered to discuss innovative approaches to transferring catastrophic risk
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AnalysisUkraine ‘protection gaps’ must be addressed
Solutions for supply chain, reputation and other risks are needed to tackle ’seismic’ change - Lloyd’s and Aon
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AnalysisHurricane Ian barrels across the Florida peninsula
Over two million people are without power after the 5th most powerful storm in US history slammed into southwest Florida
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AnalysisThe end of globalisation is nigh, warns Russell Group
Industry must brace for profound changes ahead as economies shift away from globalisation after three decades
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AnalysisAmrae welcomes proposals to resolve cyber capacity crunch
Risk association welcomes “major milestone for the cyber resilience of the economy” and calls for rapid action
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Analysissigma study examines risk in a multi-polar world
“Friend-shoring” and reshoring of supply chains, investments in green energy and mitigating a food crisis will shape the risk landscape
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AnalysisCost of living crisis drives greater fraud volume
Difficult economic conditions are leading to higher levels of fraud from non-traditional perpetrators
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AnalysisInsuring the transition
The industry has a ‘once in a lifetime’ chance to support the transition to Net Zero. So what are we waiting for?
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OpinionUkraine: A ‘Matrix moment’ for climate change
The choices governments make in response to the Ukraine conflict might either accelerate or delay the global transition to net-zero emissions
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AnalysisEffects of climate change evident in H1 cat events
The record-high temperatures in many parts of Europe is expected to drive further losses caused by droughts and wildfires
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AnalysisEuropean wildfires rise 75% YOY
As wildfires have only recently been considered a material peril, the modelling is not as developed
