International (non-US) insured catastrophe losses reached $16.7bn in 2023
The CRESTA organisation, that tracks international insurance industry losses outside the United States, has estimated the full-year 2023 loss at US $16.7 billion, which it notes is slightly below the annual average. This figure only included insured catastrophe loss events from a threshold of US $1 billion and Cresta highlights that there are other events […]
Alternative capital hits record $103bn, delivers best performance ever: Aon
Alternative reinsurance capital, largely deployed in insurance-linked securities (ILS) formats, saw strong growth in the third-quarter of 2023 to end that period at a record high of $103 billion, while for the full-year ILS structures have delivered the best performance in their 20+ year history, broker Aon has said. The last data from the insurance […]
