IAG
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The Australian carrier’s nat cat losses are A$200mn lower than its annual allowance. -
The carrier said reinsurance was a key component of its “low-volatility strategy”.
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Berkshire Hathaway and Canada Life Re will provide as much as A$680mn of protection annually.
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CFO William McDonnell said reinsurance market stabilisation in 2023 allowed the firm to buy more protection than expected.
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The pool was launched in July 2022 and is backed by a A$10bn government guarantee.
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The carrier’s net natural perils cost of A$1.2bn overshot its allowance by A$290mn in a "significant" loss year ending 30 June.
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The Australian carrier has also renewed a five-year whole-account quota share with Hannover Re.
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The carrier is increasing underlying rates to counter increased reinsurance costs and inflation.
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The carrier has increased its full-year perils cost estimate to A$1.15bn.
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The ending of an exclusivity arrangement also allows Berkshire Hathaway to offer reinsurance to Australian rivals.
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The renewal equates to 20% of its total 32.5% quota share agreement, with another 10% having recently been renewed by Munich Re and Swiss Re.
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The carrier has renewed two of its quota shares with continental reinsurers with final negotiations underway.
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The carrier posted losses from various flooding and hail events hitting Australia in the past year.
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The carrier said that it intends to defend the proceeding.
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The release followed an appeal judgment from the High Court of Australia.
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The insurer predicts there will be some release from its provision, but it will happen over time and is subject to court proceedings.
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The insurer has used up about 40% of its aggregate reinsurance limit, after quota share impacts.
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A$209mn of its A$270mn agg reinsurance deductible remains eroded, in line with prior estimates.
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October storms touched the insurer’s occurrence reinsurance trigger of A$169mn.
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This is the second year the insurer has bought a fiscal-year aggregate.
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It estimated that 2021 natural peril claims would be significantly more than its allowance.
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The Australian carrier’s quota share will pick up some losses, while 38% of the deductible on its aggregate cover is eroded.
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The Australian carrier reported a 3% increase in reinsurance spend over the six-month period.
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Second- and third-event retentions rise from the year-ago arrangement.
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This event brings total Australian hailstorm losses to over A$3.64bn in 2020, Perils said.
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Suncorp, IAG and QBE reinsurers could face significant recoveries after a landmark court ruling.
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The carrier seeks to address potential BI liabilities following a court ruling.
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A fresh BI ruling in Australia this week highlighted the industry's reason for caution over Covid exposure as legal actions continue.
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The carrier plans to raise A$750mn in new equity capital to help shore up its balance sheet, and has further eroded its aggregate reinsurance.
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The Australian carrier is also drawing down on other aggregate covers.
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The Australian carrier lifts its guidance on natural catastrophe claims to A$904mn ($644mn) from $850mn.
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The ICA has increased its estimate for the January hailstorm total losses to A$1.2bn.
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The insurer recouped about A$280mn from the aggregate cover in 2019 and expects to draw down an A$101mn stop loss for its fiscal year.
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The carrier issued a profit warning as it revised up projected annual cat losses and forecast lower reserve releases.
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Claims from the catastrophe have increased to 13,750 up from 10,550 at the end of last week, the ICA told local media
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The bushfires have drawn attention to extended hours clauses that allow insurers to group together claims as a single event.
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The Australian insurance organisation put cumulative insured losses at A$431mn ($299.1mn) for the bushfire season.
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The Australian carrier boosted its overall reinsurance cover but cut back aggregate protection.
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It also put an A$166mn tally on a November Queensland hailstorm.
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The Insurance Council of Australia has tracked A$110mn ($75mn) of bushfire losses as it declared the Sunshine Coast hailstorm a catastrophe.
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The Insurance Council of Australia anticipates many more claims in the coming weeks.
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More than 150 homes have been destroyed as fires blaze across New South Wales and Queensland, according to reports.
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The carrier also claimed the full limit of an A$150mn fiscal year stop-loss aggregate.
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Winners were recognised at the 11th Trading Risk Awards ceremony, held in London last night.
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The expected losses from the December hailstorm in Sydney have risen from A$871mn to A$1.2bn.
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Orchard ILS provides IAG with $54mn of annual aggregate cover for three years.
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So far 15,571 claims have been lodged as a result of the catastrophe.
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The insurer recouped A$7mn ($5.0mn) from reinsurers under its aggregate protections.
