With GEICO’s 2020 underwriting profit more the doubling above the level recorded in 2019, Berkshire Hathaway’s full-year property/casualty underwriting income was in the black, even though the conglomerate’s P/C reinsurance units saw underwriting losses in both years. Taken together, $3.4 …
During an upbeat earnings call focused on how RenaissanceRe is using $1 billion of capital it raised last year in 2021, the CEO highlighted one negative development for the industry overall — inadequate estimates of COVID-19 losses. “Even as COVID …
Hallmark Financial Services, a specialty property/casualty company, announced Thursday that it is exploring the separation of its specialty commercial business to unlock its value and improve access to capital. Currently the company is comprised of three business segments—specialty commercial, standard …
Congress is weighing whether insurers and government can together “bend pandemic risk curves” for future events or simply replace some of the economic losses of businesses, putting them “into induced comas” during pandemics. That was the essence of a debate …
Lemonade plans to start selling term life insurance in the next 90 days, adding to its current rental, homeowners and pet insurance offerings, the company said in an earnings report this week. During an investor conference call, Lemonade executives confirmed …
The latest group of reinsurers to emerge in the Bermuda market is starting to look different. Even the name that once described the cohort has changed in the past five years. And at least one member of the group of …
The Class of 2020 already has a new member, but it’s not a true startup, the chair of the company said recently. Speaking at the KBW Insurance Conference in early September, Sid Sankaran, chair of Third Point Re, was referring …
Whether they are convinced that they absolutely need them or not, some reinsurers aim to try to put pandemic exclusions into casualty reinsurance contracts next year, a reinsurance broker representative revealed recently. Amanda Nguyen, U.S. Casualty Solutions Leader for Reinsurance …
Speaking at one of the many virtual conferences that took place in early September, Dan Malloy, chief executive officer of Bermuda-based Third Point Reinsurance, offered an anecdotal view of the reinsurance market from a broker he knows. “It isn’t a …
When insurance coverage lawsuits brought by businesses seeking coverage for COVID-related interruptions surpassed the 700 mark last week, the natural question to ask was: Is that a lot? That’s exactly the question that Chris Cheatham, CEO and co-founder of insurtech …