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The three major Japanese non-life insurance groups - Tokio Marine Holdings, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings and Sompo Holdings – have incurred their biggest annual catastrophe loss on record in the first half of the financial year ending March 2019 (FYE19), according to Fitch Ratings. 26 November 2018
Insurance
Czech Republic-based reinsurer VIG Re has opened a new branch office in Paris to further strengthen its presence in Continental Europe. 26 November 2018
Insurance
The Camp fire in Northern California, officially deemed the most destructive and deadliest wildfire on record in the state, is contained to 95 percent while the Woolsey fire in Southern California is now fully extinguished, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). 23 November 2018
Insurance
The blockchain insurance industry initiative B3i is finalising a funding round as it plans to target the commercial insurance market. 23 November 2018
Insurance
Jeremy Pinchin, group claims director of Bermuda-based specialist insurer Hiscox, is retiring at the end of February 2019. 22 November 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Markel CATCo Investment Management has implemented a specific loss reserve to cover the 2018 events hurricane Michael and typhoon Jebi and has warned over potential California wildfire losses and a loss creep from 2017 nat cat events. 22 November 2018
News
The risk transfer industry understands that more could be done to close the protection gap, and more risk pools linked to governments could help solve this problem, argues Laurent Montador of French reinsurer CCR, which is backed by the French government. 22 November 2018
Insurance
Commercial insurance pricing increased for the fourth consecutive quarter in the third quarter of 2018 by more than 1 percent, driven by property and financial and professional lines, according to the most recent Global Insurance Market Index compiled by Marsh. 22 November 2018
Insurance
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B (Fair) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “bb+” to UK-based Folgate Insurance Company. The outlook assigned to these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. 22 November 2018
Insurance
Property/casualty insurer Liberty Mutual is realigning its excess casualty operations and increasing its capacity to $100 million. 21 November 2018
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