Natural catastrophes (Nat Cats)
Europe: Reinsurance trends in 2016 and beyond
Reinsurance and global risks are by nature linked, since the reinsurance business is all about risk. To better understand reinsurance trends a look at the global risk landscape is required.
Suncorp's insurance profits fall 17.5% for full year
Adverse weather events meant Australian insurance giant Suncorp missed its full year catastrophe allowance by A$60m (£34m).
AIG's global commercial premiums shrink 21% in Q2
AIG's shares climbed 2.5% in after hours trading after returning to profit in the second quarter of 2016.
Swiss Re's Mumenthale positive despite nine point hit to H1 COR
Swiss Re has reported a H1 net income of $1.9bn (£1.44bn), down from $2.3bn (£1.75bn) for the same period in 2015.
Natural catastrophe losses hit XL Catlin's Q2 profits
XL Catlin suffered $240.1m (£182m) of natural catastrophe losses in the second quarter of 2016 compared with $59.9m in the same period last year.
China still heavily underinsured for floods, says Swiss Re
China's dramatic flooding over the last month has once again highlighted the prevalence of underinsurance in the country.
La Nina cited as rain causes havoc in China
"Meu-Yu" monsoon rains led to multiple rounds of significant flooding across central and southern China throughout June killing at least 186 people across 26 provinces.
China establishes home earthquake insurance
China has introduced its first household earthquake insurance policy.
East coast storms to cost Australia's insurers A$235m
According to the Insurance Council of Australia June's east coast storms will cost insurers A$235m (£120m) in claims.
IAG receives 10,000 claims from storms
Australian giant IAG has received around 10,000 claims from Australia's deadly east coast storm.
Insurance Council of Australia declares catastrophe in Tasmania and Victoria
As the result of a deadly east low storm, the Insurance Council of Australia has declared a catastrophe in Tasmania and Victoria after a similar declaration in New South Wales yesterday.
Three dead after powerful New South Wales storm
A weekend of intense storms over New South Wales have left three dead and a trail of damage.
Flooding in Sri Lanka causes over £1bn in damage
Days of heavy rain has caused widespread disruption in Sri Lanka killing at least 92 people and displacing over 250,000 people.
Kumamoto earthquakes to cost Japan over £700m
The cost of April's powerful earthquakes in the Kumamoto prefecture for insurers and the government have exceeded 123bn yuan (£712m) according to the General Insurance Association of Japan.
AIR Worldwide estimates Alberta fire insured losses at over £2.4bn
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide is estimating between C$4.4bn (£2.4bn) and C$9bn (£4.8bn) of insured losses for this month's huge Alberta wildfire.
Rapid rise of urban populations driving climate change risk, says World Bank
Assets worth $158 trillion (£109 trillion) could be at risk from river and coastal flooding by 2050 unless more is spent on disaster mitigation according to the World Bank.
Alberta wildfires could cost Canada's insurers over £4bn, says Bank of Montreal
Over 40 wildfires in Alberta, Canada could cost insurers as much as C$9bn (£4.8bn) according to the Bank of Montreal.
Blog: Customer service lessons from Desmond & Eva
Trying to connect storms Desmond, Eva & Frank to a Slovenian tractor accident and to motor damage claims between two UK insurers beginning with the letter ‘A' sounds more or less impossible.
Blog: Taking action against climate change
Insurers have an important role to play in taking on climate change, both in terms of providing protection and as investors
Storms: Tackling increasingly severe events
With rising temperatures and an increase in ever more costly incidents, how is the insurance industry coping with the hail of bad news?
Perils increases loss estimate for Storms Eva and Frank
Catastrophe data firm Perils has revised the loss to the property insurance market caused by Storms Eva and Frank to £578m from its initial estimate of £526m.
Northern Australia taskforce warns on government cyclone mutual
A Northern Australia taskforce has found a government mandated cyclone insurance scheme would cost taxpayers around A$5bn (£2.6bn) to help reduce premiums.
New Zealand remembers victims of Christchurch earthquake five years on
Christchurch has held a public memorial to remember the 185 people who died in the devastating 22 February 2011 earthquake.
20 dead after strongest storm in Fiji's recorded history
At least 20 people have died after the strongest storm ever recorded in the southern hemisphere smashed into Fiji over the weekend.