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A combination of large pay-outs for different kinds of carriers and the impact of low interest rates in developed markets has caused the average total shareholder return of publicly held insurance companies to drop into negative territory. The average return was much below the 15% average return recorded in other industries, pushing insurance to near […]
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A study of insured losses over the last half century reveals that weather-related events have significantly escalated compared to non-climate perils. Between 2010 and 2019, global insured losses from wildfires increased by 500%. On the other hand, the humanitarian aid deficit grew from a little under a billion dollars two decades ago, to $4 billion […]
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