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Insurance
US-based insurtech Slice Labs, which offers cloud-based on-demand insurance, has raised an additional $20 million in Series A funding to further expand its offering on a global scale. 27 September 2018
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Bermuda-based Aspen has appointed Emil Issavi, president and chief underwriting officer of Aspen Re, to lead its reinsurance business, succeeding CEO Thomas Lillelund. 8 August 2018
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While insurance-linked securities (ILS) are now estimated to be providing around 15 percent of total reinsurance capacity, SCOR CEO Denis Kessler believes that it could grow to 25 percent or a maximum of 30 percent. 6 November 2018
Insurance
The hailstorm that spread across part of Texas on June 6 - with baseball sized hail reported in Dallas, Tarrant, and Denton counties - is estimated to result in insured losses close to $1 billion, according to Karen Clark & Company (KCC). 12 June 2018
Insurance
A major global cyber-attack has the potential to trigger $53 billion of economic losses, roughly the equivalent to a catastrophic natural disaster like 2012’s Superstorm Sandy, according to a scenario described in new research by Lloyd’s and cyber risk analytics modelling firm Cyence. 17 July 2017
Insurance
The Hartford Financial Services Group CEO Chris Swift is seeking acquisitions in the specialty and commercial spaces while de-emphasizing share buybacks. 30 July 2018
Insurance
The recent wildfires in California will cause some $9 billion in insured losses, making them the deadliest and costliest wildfire catastrophes in California's history, according to California’s insurance commissioner Dave Jones. 13 December 2018
Insurance
Re/insurers can capitalise on a growing capital efficiency gap caused by the impact of climate change if they can educate buyers and develop products able to solve some of these challenges, according to Greg Lowe, global head of resilience and sustainability at Aon, in a new report called ‘Weather volatility and chronic climate risk: a growing capital efficiency gap.’ 13 December 2018
Insurance
The US Congress has enacted a short-term extension to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through November, preventing the programme to lapse during peak hurricane season. 26 July 2018
Insurance
Trade credit insurer Euler Hermes has announced two senior executive appointments in its Asia Pacific region. 18 August 2017
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