reinsurance
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of reinsurance
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The Swiss reinsurer beat third-quarter net income expectations, driven by a better combined ratio in property and casualty reinsurance, RBC notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Even buying sufficient reinsurance on the international market is a challenge, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
While some insurers are charging higher premiums, others are dropping condo HOAs and their owners altogether due to rising losses from natural disasters, such as hurricanes and wildfires, and increasing reinsurance costs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The capital at Brighthouse’s captive reinsurance unit “looks low relative to investment risk,” Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analysts wrote in June, adding the clause about potential changes contributes to the deal’s “above average risk.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
But publicity generated by the case alerted the world’s reinsurance industry to avoid North Korea, and fraud wound down.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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