Aaron Woolner

Asian nat cat insurance protection gap double Latin America’s

September 5 2024

Only 12% of Asian modelled nat cat economic losses are covered by insurance compared with 24% for Latin America.

Reinsurers achieve highest returns on equity in over a decade

August 30 2024

Reinsurers ‘excellent’ ROE in 2023 was down to better underwriting results and the rollback of unrealised investment losses.

Hard reinsurance market to remain for ‘at least’ two more years: AM Best

August 27 2024

AM Best forecasts reinsurance hard market will persist due to climate risk, higher interest rates, and increased risk complexity.

Australian insurers look to private debt as risk appetite returns

August 23 2024

Australian insurers are looking to revamp their strategic asset allocation in 2024 as recessions fears abate.

High loss multiples highlight investor’s ‘persistent’ cyber cat bond uncertainty

August 22 2024

Loss multiples on cyber cat ILS are as much as three times higher than those found in similar nat cat linked securities.

Leadenhall targets Australian institutional investors with ILS fund launch

August 21 2024

Leadenhall deepens tie-up with Bennelong Funds Management, which started with a distribution agreement in October last year.

Surging medical inflation ramps up Malaysian insurers’ health claims

August 15 2024

The impact of rising medical procedure costs in Malaysia was worsened by a decline in the value of the ringgit last year.

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Japan P&I Club reports lowest level of claims in five years

August 9 2024

Claims fell in 2023 but a challenging global macro and geopolitical outlook means the association raised member premiums in 2024.

Fitch: Korean insurers foreign commercial real estate losses ‘tolerable’

August 7 2024

Korea’s insurers have felt the pinch from the global CRE downturn but strong capital levels mean that any pain should be manageable by the sector.

CrowdStrike outage a chance for cyber insurance sector to ‘show its worth’

August 6 2024

The global IT failure was the result of a hamfisted software update which shows that cyber risk is more than just 'a guy in a hoodie’, says Emergence CEO Troy Filipcevic.

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