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Reinsurance Sector Won't Earn Cost of Capital in 2020 Due to COVID-19

June 1, 2020

The global reinsurance industry will fail to earn its cost of capital in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch noted that the COVID-19 crisis comes after 3 years of heightened natural catastrophe losses and increasing US casualty claims. Read More


US Property-Casualty Market Hardening Continues in First Quarter: CIAB

May 29, 2020

Commercial property-casualty insurance markets continued to harden in the first quarter of the year, with some lines seeing their largest increases since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB). Premiums increased by an average of 9.6 percent in the first quarter. Read More


June "CICR" Explores Future of Risk Management

May 28, 2020

Don't miss the June issue of "Captive Insurance Company Reports" ("CICR"), which discusses the emerging volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity world and the role captive insurance can play in addressing the changing risk landscape. Read More


S&P Revises Global Reinsurance Outlook to Negative on COVID-19 Impact

May 21, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic has led S&P Global Ratings to revise its outlook for the global reinsurance industry to negative from stable. S&P said that pandemic-related losses combined with volatile capital markets and lower investment returns will likely prevent the global reinsurance sector from meeting earnings expectations. Read More


Artificial Intelligence Brings Risk Management Opportunities, Risks

May 20, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) can provide opportunities for organizations to improve their risk management but also may create some new risks. Risk managers need to consider how to integrate risks generated by AI into the enterprise risk management process and how to understand the scope of AI risks. Read More