Although insurers’ exposure to costly catastrophes in the first quarter of 2012 was much less severe than what they experienced in the same period a year ago, they are facing new and complicated challenges in areas as diverse as healthcare claims, mobile security and domain/brand protection. Here’s some of what was top of mind for the industry this past week.
April 27, 2012
1. Reprieve (For Now)
…The first quarter of 2012 appeared benign, and any cat losses were, in general, much smaller in relation to the insurer's total equity.
— Thomas Mason, senior analyst at SNL Financial, on how the first quarter of 2012 has been far less devastating for insurers than was the same period of 2011, based on initial loss estimates.
Source: SNL Financial
