earnings call roundup

Hi there,

After a quarter marked by a string of catastrophes from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria to major earthquakes in Mexico, it wasn’t surprising that catastrophe losses dominated insurance earnings calls over the last two weeks. 

But outside of historic catastrophe losses, here are a few other tidbits that caught our eye in our quarterly earnings call roundup:

• Insurers are still proceeding with caution on cyber insurance
• A new in-house climate startup at XL Catlin’s venture unit
• Allstate is starting to carry the underwriting risk of SquareTrade, which has grown to 34M+ policies
• Aetna is increasing its focus on data analytics 

Read the full roundup.

Tallying up partnerships

Over 45 (re)insurers have struck partnerships with tech firms in some capacity since the start of 2017. 

Stay on top of the latest partnerships, strategic investments and insurance tech deals in our quarterly briefing with Willis Towers Watson.

Have a great week,

Matt
@mlcwong