Risk losses

Investors are seeking to take higher-attaching risks with pure peak peril deals in stronger demand.

The nature of the event means that more losses may take time to emerge.

Lancashire Capital Management delivered an 80% uplift In the reinsurer’s share of profits from its retro-focused portfolio.

The European reinsurance chief says interest rates and loss experience drive the carrier’s hardening stance.

Collaboration with HERE would help the business develop predictive analysis and address problems with source data, according to Agile underwriting director Richard Foster.

The president and CEO urges wordings precision to avoid cyber-related litigation.

Retro structural change will provide a lot of the gains in 2021, with trapping negotiations complicating the mix.

The executives also called for government-private sector partnerships to address future pandemics and other protection gaps such as cyber.

Loss estimates outstrip early expectations.

Possible Covid-19 losses may be slowing capital inflows to the ILS sector, CFO John Dacey has said.

The CEO also casts doubt on the future of event cancellation cover.

The insurer lifted the attachment on an aggregate portion of its group reinsurance treaty, which was otherwise unchanged after its restructure for 2019.