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Casualty/liability

  • Aon’s Q4 profit up 19% 03 February 2012

    Reinsurance organic revenue increased 4% due primarily to strong growth in capital market transactions and advisory business and modest growth in global facultative placements.

  • February issue of Reactions now online 03 February 2012

    The February 2012 issue of Reactions is now online. Click through to read a selection of stories from the issue.

  • Legal Analysis: Casing the joint 03 February 2012

    A case marking the first time the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) lost a judicial review concerning its own investigations could have implications for insurers.

  • Economic and regulatory issues face Bermuda market 02 February 2012

    Feature: Woeful investment returns, cat losses and evolving regulatory pressures are causing concern for Bermuda’s insurers and reinsurers.

Property-catastrophe

  • Aon’s Q4 profit up 19% 03 February 2012

    Reinsurance organic revenue increased 4% due primarily to strong growth in capital market transactions and advisory business and modest growth in global facultative placements.

  • February issue of Reactions now online 03 February 2012

    The February 2012 issue of Reactions is now online. Click through to read a selection of stories from the issue.

  • Economic and regulatory issues face Bermuda market 02 February 2012

    Feature: Woeful investment returns, cat losses and evolving regulatory pressures are causing concern for Bermuda’s insurers and reinsurers.

  • Munich Re posts €0.71bn profit for 2011 02 February 2012

    In spite of substantial cat losses, the German reinsurance giant has revealed a profit for both the full year and the final quarter of last year.

Specialty & other lines

  • February issue of Reactions now online 03 February 2012

    The February 2012 issue of Reactions is now online. Click through to read a selection of stories from the issue.

  • Arab Spring highlights innovation gap 02 February 2012

    Events in the Middle East and North Africa have underlined the need for new thinking on political violence, civil unrest, and emergency evacuation cover products, according to Lloyd’s broker RFIB.

  • Economic and regulatory issues face Bermuda market 02 February 2012

    Feature: Woeful investment returns, cat losses and evolving regulatory pressures are causing concern for Bermuda’s insurers and reinsurers.

  • Bermuda Insurance and Reinsurance Market Review 01 February 2012

    Bermuda’s insurers and reinsurers have weathered a torrid 2011 for catastrophes and are now looking optimistically forward to this year, with further price increases and M&A the talk of the island.

Emerging risks

  • 3 US states demand climate risk disclosure 02 February 2012

    The insurance departments of California, Washington state and New York are to require insurers to respond to the Climate Risk Survey adopted in 2009 by the NAIC.

  • Arab Spring highlights innovation gap 02 February 2012

    Events in the Middle East and North Africa have underlined the need for new thinking on political violence, civil unrest, and emergency evacuation cover products, according to Lloyd’s broker RFIB.

  • The 10 (re)insurance themes for 2012 26 January 2012

    Comment: Guy Carpenter’s reinsurance renewals report included a handy checklist of the big themes facing the global insurance and reinsurance market this year. it is noticeable what themes don’t make the list, says Michael Loney, managing editor of Reactions.

  • US workers’ comp to avoid profit - report 24 January 2012

    High unemployment in the US and a sluggish economic recovery, among others, would drag the US workers’ comp industry, says S&P.

Financial Management

Legal & regulation

  • Legal Analysis: Casing the joint 03 February 2012

    A case marking the first time the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) lost a judicial review concerning its own investigations could have implications for insurers.

  • 3 US states demand climate risk disclosure 02 February 2012

    The insurance departments of California, Washington state and New York are to require insurers to respond to the Climate Risk Survey adopted in 2009 by the NAIC.

  • Economic and regulatory issues face Bermuda market 02 February 2012

    Feature: Woeful investment returns, cat losses and evolving regulatory pressures are causing concern for Bermuda’s insurers and reinsurers.

  • Bermuda Insurance and Reinsurance Market Review 01 February 2012

    Bermuda’s insurers and reinsurers have weathered a torrid 2011 for catastrophes and are now looking optimistically forward to this year, with further price increases and M&A the talk of the island.

Claims & Run-Off

People

  • Peru Earthquake Mw6.3 30 Jan 2012 - Updated 1 February. On Monday, 30 January a magnitude Mw6.3 (regional moment ...
  • US Severe Convective Storm 24 Jan 2012 - A severe weather outbreak across the southern U.S. late Sunday, 22 / ...
  • Tropical Cyclone Heidi 12 Jan 2012 - Around 18:30UTC on Wednesday, 11 January (04:30am Wednesday, 12 January, local time) ...
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Poll

Catastrophe bond issuance was $4.3bn in 2011. How much new issuance will there be in 2012?

Less than $3bn
0%
$3bn-$4bn
0%
$4bn-$5bn
0%
$5bn-$6bn
100%
$6bn-$7bn
0%
More than $7bn
0%