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The Canadian reinsurance market has been impacted by a decrease in cession rates, and now there is a need for sustainability to combat the volatile underwriting results, Jean-Jacques Henchoz, president and CEO of Swiss Reinsurance Company of Canada, told attendants of the Insurance Institutes At the Forefront breakfast in Toronto.The main reason for cession rates […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 19, 2007
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Renewals in January 2007 have demonstrated some negative trends in the market that are expected to intensify through 2007, according to Partner Res 2006 Annual Report, entitled The Value of Risk.Partner Re reported that Jan. 1, 2007 was a good renewal for us, with 55% of the reinsurers non-life book up for renewal and a […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 18, 2007
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A combination of increased capacity, more predictable premium rates and innovative program design is creating steady growth in the take up of stand-alone terrorism insurance, according to Aons latest Stand-alone terrorism market update. Also, the ongoing bombardment of television images from Iraq, intelligence about foiled attacks and frequent evidence emerging about the intentions and ongoing […]
When you think of U.S. states most vulnerable to huge insured tornado damage losses, think New Jersey.In its 2007 Special Report: U.S. Tornadoes, A.M. Best notes that New Jersey tops Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio and Rhode Island for the title of Tornado Alley when it comes to potential insured losses arising from tornadoes.Most people associate tornado […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 17, 2007
Pandemic risk is pretty much the same as always, even though it has disappeared from the medias radar, according to a report by Munich Re.Although the threat of a pandemic this winter had mainly disappeared from the media due to the almost complete absence of instances of bird flu in Europe, experts are largely in […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 16, 2007
The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) has donated $500,000 to fund a research facility designed to study the building of safer homes. Thanks to the IBC, a typical two-story brick house, similar to many homes found in neighbourhoods across Canada, has been constructed for the sole purpose of being slowly destroyed, says an IBC press […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 13, 2007
Federal and provincial ministers of agriculture met recently in Winnipeg, Manitoba and committed to ongoing collaboration on new business risk management programming for the agricultural industry.The ministers discussed the continued evolution of a new suite of business risk management programs including the margin-based element, disaster framework, production insurance and savings account programs arising from consultations […]
A panel of senior Canadian climate change experts, chaired by the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciencess Dr. Gordon McBean, called on the federal government to increase funding for research on the impact of global warming.We need to factor climate risks into every area it is relevant, Ian Burton, an international expert on natural […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 11, 2007
Swiss Re has structured and placed US$150 million [approximately Cdn$172 million] of securities covering flood and earthquake catastrophic events in Canada, Great Britain, and the United States on behalf of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG.The multiperil issuance is part of a US$1 billion program designed to provide protection against high severity losses incurred from […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 10, 2007
The financial costs of extreme weather events have been increasing by an average of two per cent a year since the 1970s, Dr. Robert Muir-Wood, chief research officer of Risk Management Solutions (RMS), said in response to the chapter, The Summary for Policymakers in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes (IPCC) most recent report.Dr. Muir-Wood […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 9, 2007
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