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Hannover Re is once again drawing on the capital market to obtain underwriting capacity for catastrophe risks, boosting the volume of last year’s “K5″ risk securitisation to US$520 million.The reinsurer’s latest transaction was placed with institutional investors in North America, Europe and Japan.Both new and existing investors provided the capital, which has been increased by […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 17, 2007
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Aviva has announced its commitment to carbon neutralize its operations on a worldwide basis, according to a press release.Allan Griffiths, CEO of Aviva Australia, said the announcement provides an important endorsement of Aviva Australia’s ongoing program of sustainable business practices including limiting its impact on the environment.The company is planning to compensate for the carbon […]
Gore Mutual Insurance Company has donated Cdn$1 million to their charitable Foundation.This is the third year in a row the company has made a Cdn$1-million contribution to the Gore Mutual Foundation.The Foundation was established to support worthwhile causes in the communities where Gore Mutual’s brokers and policyholders live. The Foundation works closely with local independent […]
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U.S. catastrophes and insured losses cost the U.S. property and casualty industry an estimated US$8.8 billion in 2006, according to ISO’s property claims services unit.That’s a far cry from the estimated damage losses of US$61.9 billion the unit recorded after the busy hurricane season in 2005. Still, the frequency of catastrophes is rising, ISO added.In […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 16, 2007
Swiss Re has transferred US$705 million of extreme mortality risk to the capital markets through its Vita Capital securitization program, according to a press release. This is Swiss Re’s third mortality catastrophe bond that has been issued privately to institutional investors. Part of the issuance will be used to replace cover provided by Swiss Re’s […]
After a noticeable absence from its usual media spotlight, bird flu or the H5N1 virus has been rearing its ugly head with reports of outbreaks across Asia in recent weeks.And according to Aon’s second white paper on the subject, entitled “Pandemic Influenza: Exploding the myths”, businesses are becoming complacent to the risk of a possible […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 15, 2007
The reinsurance market has regained “a universal, if fragile calm” in 2007, according to a report by reinsurance intermediary Benfield.The report, entitled ‘Global Reinsurance Market Overview: Pick ‘N Mix,’ noted “an acute shortage of catastrophe capacity at U.S. mid-year renewals.” But in the second half of 2006, the report continued, “it was a case of […]
State Farm Insurance reacted with “surprise and concern” when a U.S. court ruled against the firm in a suit launched by a family who lost their home in Hurricane Katrina.U.S. District Court Justice L.T. Senter ruled that in the case of Broussard v. State Farm the company did not present sufficient evidence to prove what […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 12, 2007
Insurers need to address global climate change as they are faced with the growing cost of extreme natural disasters, advised Lord Peter Levene, chairman of Lloyd’s of London.”We cannot risk being in denial on catastrophe trends,” he recently said in a speech to the World Affairs Council. “We urgently need a radical rethink of public […]
Marsh Inc. announced the creation of MaRI (Marsh Risk Innovations), a reinsurance sidecar that will provide additional capacity to the depleted property catastrophe insurance market.Sidecars have gained popularity in the wake of Hurrican Katrina and are essentially financial structures created to allow investors to take on the risk and return of a group of insurance […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 11, 2007
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