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Swiss Re: Global insurance premium volumes will recover to pre COVID-19 crisis levels in 2021
The insurance industry is set to overcome this year's COVID-19-induced global economic recession, the latest Swiss Re Institute's sigma says, estimating that total premium volumes in advanced markets (life and non-life) will shrink by 4% this year and return to positive growth of more than 2% in 2021. In the emerging markets, premium growth will remain in positive territory in both years, up 1% in 2020 and 7% in 2021.
14 July 2020Allianz Global Insurance Report: 2020 will be "A Lost Year" for the global insurance industry, but 2021 may be the rebound year
Global premium income is expected to shrink by -3.8% in 2020 (life: -4.4%, P&C: -2.9%), three times the pace witnessed during the Global Financial Crisis, the Allianz Global Insurance Report latest edition shows. Compared to the pre-Covid-19 growth trend, the pandemic will shave around EUR 358 billion from the global premium pool (life: EUR 249 billion, P&C: EUR 109 billion)
2 July 2020SONAR 2020: COVID-19 crisis shouldn't overshadow the need to move to low-carbon future
New risks and trends accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic are emerging, but the current crisis shouldn't overshadow the need for the world to transition to a more sustainable economy and a low-carbon future, the new Swiss Re Institute's SONAR report says.
4 June 2020EIOPA: Risk exposures for the European insurance sector increased due to COVID-19 outbreak
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its April 2020 Risk Dashboard. COVID-19 outbreak created high uncertainty in the insurance market, affecting the other financial industries as well.
21 May 2020Swiss Re, sigma: Socio-economic developments and climate-change effects to drive rising losses from severe weather events
Insured losses from disaster events totaled USD 60 billion, while global economic losses reached USD 146 billion, the latest sigma report shows. Population growth, urbanization and economic development have triggered a rise in losses from weather events, masking the impact of climate change in a dynamic risk landscape.
8 April 2020Allianz Risk Barometer: Cyber incidents increased in importance, being the top business risk for year 2020
In January 2020, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has published its ninth Allianz Risk Barometer survey, the biggest one yet, including 2,718 respondents from 102 countries and territories.
14 January 2020Marsh: Global commercial insurance pricing went up 7.8% in 3Q2019
Global commercial insurance prices increased by 7.8% year-over-year at the end of the third quarter of 2019, according to Marsh's quarterly Global Insurance Market Index
19 December 2019WTW: 2 out of 3 big companies faced political risk losses in 2019
In a recent political risk report for the year 2019, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) and Oxford Analytica found that 61% of 41 global corporations believe political risk levels increased in 2019. Disruption of international trade was considered the most significant risk in the majority of regions.
10 December 2019MARKETS & TRENDS: "Climate of risk"- polish case study how to communicate the need of weather risk management and insurance
Has the global warming affected all weather phenomena in the world? Is it behind each storm or hurricane? That dispute is irrelevant to insurers. The changing climate does influence the insurance industry. We have to face a bigger exposure, bigger number of people and higher value of the property exposed to damage caused by weather phenomena. We have to educate people how climate risk affects their lives and property.
7 November 2019TECHNOLOGY: The Growth of Fintech: From the First Wire Transfer to Blockchain Technology & Beyond
84% of insurers will increase Fintech partnerships over the next 3-5 years, CARASURANCE researchers have found. Get to know the most fascinating numbers and facts about Fintech, one of the most booming industries of our days in the infographic prepared by CARASURANCE.
24 October 2019Insurance Europe: EUR 3.6 billion premiums written and EUR 2.9 billion paid claims every day by European insurers in 2018
European insurers wrote a total amount of EUR 1,311 billion in premiums and paid EUR 1,069 billion in claims and benefits during 2018, shows one of the latest Insurance Europe analysis.
9 October 2019World Economic Forum: Cyberattacks and Fiscal Crises top list of business risks in 2019
In a survey of nearly 13,000 business leaders in over 130 countries, respondents ranked "fiscal crises" as the leading risk to doing business at a global scale, World Economic Forum reports.
7 October 2019Guy Carpenter: InsurTech is advancing at an ever-increasing pace
Fear of disruption was pervasive early in the "InsurTech" era, stemming from indications that major technology companies were entering the sector, such as "Googlezilla", Apple and Amazon.
11 September 2019Guy Carpenter: IFRS 17 and the Value of Reinsurance
International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 17 will impact the insurance value chain far beyond the areas of actuarial modeling and financial reporting, Vasilka BANGEOVA, Managing Director, Strategic Advisory, EMEA, Guy Carpenter, says.
9 September 2019The Four Waves of Insurtech
In a thorough analysis of the current Insurtech scenery, Roger PEVERELLI and Reggy de FENIKS, DIA founders, analyze the evolution of the companies activating in the field. The article, included below, presents a 'history' of the Insurtech start-ups, underlining the way things changed in a short period of time.
19 July 2019Pool Re: Only one in five UK businesses have a terrorism insurance policy
According to Pool Re, between February 1st, 2018 and May 31st, 2019 there were 323 terrorist acts causing 1,744 deaths and 2,335 injuries. The most affected regions were South Asia (118 attacks), Sub-Saharan Africa (100) and Middle East & North Africa (70). Europe (6 attacks) and Russia & CIS states (0 attacks) were the safest regions in this period.
9 July 2019Reinsurance market in the Republic of Kazakhstan. A fresh look. Article by Gaukhar Kassymkanova, Managing Director, MOI Insurance Broker, Ltd
How had the reinsurance industry fared on the Kazakhstan market for the last five years? (2014-2018) In this article main trends and mainstreams are analyzed and the simplest recommendations that may give an impetus to a new development stage are provided.
4 July 2019Dan GLASER, Marsh & McLennan: "The Age of Risk has just begun"
"There is no better time to be in the risk business than right now," said Dan GLASER, President and Chief Executive Officer of Marsh & McLennan, in his opening address to delegates at the MMC Rising Professionals' Forum 2019 in London.
13 June 2019Insurance Europe: GDPR may hinder insurers' efforts in the digital innovation area
"Despite significant efforts to modernize privacy rules, the GDPR and the guidelines adopted by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) are not entirely innovation-friendly or fit for a digital age. Certain rules seem at odds with fast evolving technology and may slow the pace of insurers' digital innovation," is one the conclusions of the insight briefing published by Insurance Europe.
12 June 2019UK: From 9% to 95% insurable households against floods
It is estimated that about 5.3 million households in the UK are at the risk of flooding. The resulted costs from this highly damaging natural hazard have made UK insurers unable to take the risk of vulnerable households without significant losses or without charging a very expensive insurance premium. There is a solution to this problem and it comes from Flood Re.
6 June 2019
