Swiss Re Institute has released its latest "sigma" report, consisting in a global economic and insurance market outlook for 2021-2022. The research branch of the reinsurer mentions a world economy contraction of 4.1% for year 2020 with a recovery to 4.7% global growth in 2021.

The systemic nature of very large losses has increased as a result of globalisation and digitalisation. The greater interconnectedness has also heightened interdependencies. Yet a variety of solutions are conceivable for the three major risks of our time - pandemics, cyber and climate change, Munich Re's analysts said recently.

Mergers and acquisitions will remain an attractive strategy to deliver growth. In the first 1H2020, completed M&A in the global insurance industry held steady with 201 completed deals worldwide, up from 197 in 1H2019, Clyde & Co's 'Insurance Growth Report 2020' mid-year update shows.

The insurance industry is set to overcome this year's COVID-19-induced global economic recession, the latest Swiss Re Institute's sigma says, estimating that total premium volumes in advanced markets (life and non-life) will shrink by 4% this year and return to positive growth of more than 2% in 2021. In the emerging markets, premium growth will remain in positive territory in both years, up 1% in 2020 and 7% in 2021.

Global premium income is expected to shrink by -3.8% in 2020 (life: -4.4%, P&C: -2.9%), three times the pace witnessed during the Global Financial Crisis, the Allianz Global Insurance Report latest edition shows. Compared to the pre-Covid-19 growth trend, the pandemic will shave around EUR 358 billion from the global premium pool (life: EUR 249 billion, P&C: EUR 109 billion)

New risks and trends accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic are emerging, but the current crisis shouldn't overshadow the need for the world to transition to a more sustainable economy and a low-carbon future, the new Swiss Re Institute's SONAR report says.

European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its April 2020 Risk Dashboard. COVID-19 outbreak created high uncertainty in the insurance market, affecting the other financial industries as well.

Insured losses from disaster events totaled USD 60 billion, while global economic losses reached USD 146 billion, the latest sigma report shows. Population growth, urbanization and economic development have triggered a rise in losses from weather events, masking the impact of climate change in a dynamic risk landscape.

In January 2020, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has published its ninth Allianz Risk Barometer survey, the biggest one yet, including 2,718 respondents from 102 countries and territories.

Global commercial insurance prices increased by 7.8% year-over-year at the end of the third quarter of 2019, according to Marsh's quarterly Global Insurance Market Index

In a recent political risk report for the year 2019, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) and Oxford Analytica found that 61% of 41 global corporations believe political risk levels increased in 2019. Disruption of international trade was considered the most significant risk in the majority of regions.

Has the global warming affected all weather phenomena in the world? Is it behind each storm or hurricane? That dispute is irrelevant to insurers. The changing climate does influence the insurance industry. We have to face a bigger exposure, bigger number of people and higher value of the property exposed to damage caused by weather phenomena. We have to educate people how climate risk affects their lives and property.

84% of insurers will increase Fintech partnerships over the next 3-5 years, CARASURANCE researchers have found. Get to know the most fascinating numbers and facts about Fintech, one of the most booming industries of our days in the infographic prepared by CARASURANCE.

European insurers wrote a total amount of EUR 1,311 billion in premiums and paid EUR 1,069 billion in claims and benefits during 2018, shows one of the latest Insurance Europe analysis.

In a survey of nearly 13,000 business leaders in over 130 countries, respondents ranked "fiscal crises" as the leading risk to doing business at a global scale, World Economic Forum reports.

Fear of disruption was pervasive early in the "InsurTech" era, stemming from indications that major technology companies were entering the sector, such as "Googlezilla", Apple and Amazon.

International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 17 will impact the insurance value chain far beyond the areas of actuarial modeling and financial reporting, Vasilka BANGEOVA, Managing Director, Strategic Advisory, EMEA, Guy Carpenter, says.

In a thorough analysis of the current Insurtech scenery, Roger PEVERELLI and Reggy de FENIKS, DIA founders, analyze the evolution of the companies activating in the field. The article, included below, presents a 'history' of the Insurtech start-ups, underlining the way things changed in a short period of time.

According to Pool Re, between February 1^st, 2018 and May 31^st, 2019 there were 323 terrorist acts causing 1,744 deaths and 2,335 injuries. The most affected regions were South Asia (118 attacks), Sub-Saharan Africa (100) and Middle East & North Africa (70). Europe (6 attacks) and Russia & CIS states (0 attacks) were the safest regions in this period.

How had the reinsurance industry fared on the Kazakhstan market for the last five years? (2014-2018) In this article main trends and mainstreams are analyzed and the simplest recommendations that may give an impetus to a new development stage are provided.