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Global reinsurers in took advantage of relatively mild weather conditions in 2006 to stabilize their balance sheets after a particularly tough 2005 season, a report by Standard & Poor’s observes.The report says reinsurers for the most part took steps to strengthen operational and underwriting results. In addition, they improved their capitalization and financial flexibility through […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 15, 2006
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Canada’s ‘Designed…for safer living program,’ the result of a partnership between the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) and the Canadian insurance industry, has completed Canada’s first safer living home in Prince Edward Island.Funded by The Co-Operators, the home is designed and constructed to withstand wind speeds of 200 km-h. The house is located in […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 14, 2006
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According to a Towers Perrin survey of 75 senior finance and risk management executives in the United States including some from publicly traded companies with revenues greater than US$1 billion 85% of those surveyed think their firms’ emphasis on risk management will increase over the next five years.”Increased regulatory and investor attention, the possibility of […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 13, 2006
Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., a global risk and reinsurance specialist, has completed a $US200-million catastrophe bond that represents the industry’s first publicly-rated collateralized debt obligation of natural catastrophe risk.Guy Carpenter, part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), advised the Catlin Group Limited (LSE: CGL) on the multi-territory, multi-peril catastrophe bond transaction.Perils covered […]
Auto insurance fraud has been in the news lately, with the recent announcements of court judgments obtained against individuals in B.C. and the bust of an inter-provincial fraud ring by the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC).Recently, the IBC congratulated the Ontario Provincial Auto Theft Team on Project Eastbound, resulting in the bust of an inter-provincial […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 8, 2006
Despite relatively good times compared to the hurricane disasters of 2005, the global insurance industry nevertheless risks falling off “the edge of a cliff” if it becomes complacent, Lloyd’s director of worldwide markets, Julian James, warned in a speech to the U.S. insurance industry.In a recent speech to the Property Casualty Insurance Conference, James observed […]
For the first known time, the Ontario Court of Appeal has awarded punitive damages in a drunk driving case that resulted in serious injury. The decision, the court’s dissenting opinion suggests, means insurers will be on the hook for paying out rare punitive damage awards in similar drunk driving cases.In Andrea McIntryre et al. v. […]
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Munich Re has recorded a profit of EUR2.86 billion (Cdn$4.12 billion) in the first nine months of 2006, compared to a EUR1.39-billion (Cdn$2-billion) profit during the first nine months of 2005.Gross premiums written amounted to EUR28.1billion (Cdn$40.5 billion), which, after adjustments, “is about the same as last year’s,” the company noted in a press release.Munich […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 7, 2006
The Toronto Insurance Women’s Association (TIWA) has announced it will be hosting its February 2007 Wine and Cheese event at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto.The event will take place on Feb. 15, 2007, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., in the Constitution Hall of the Convention Centre.Tickets for the event will only be […]
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: RNR) has reported a 2006 Q3 profit of US$251.1 million, compared to a net loss in 2005 Q3 of US$287.3 million.”We are very pleased to report another strong quarter with record results,” RenaissanceRe CEO Neill A. Currie said of the results. “Our core property cat business generated exceptional earnings, and our […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 6, 2006
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