Bermuda’s Oil Insurance posts record underwriting year

Bermuda-based Oil Insurance Ltd. has posted a $731 million profit for 2014, reports The Royal Gazette. Read more »

DDoS attacks may expose 40% of businesses to huge losses: Survey

A survey by U.S.-based Neustar Inc. has found that distributed denial-of-service attacks could expose around 40% of businesses to hourly losses of about £100,000 ($148,130) during peak times, ComputerWeekly.com reported. Read more »

Marine hull losses down, but grounding related losses up: Report

The International Union of Marine Insurance's recently released Spring Statistics shows that hull losses continued to fall, Hellenic Shipping News reports. Read more »

Vitol seeks $470 million risk cover for Sankofa Gas Field

Netherlands-based Vitol Holding B.V. is seeking an insurance cover of around $470 million from the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency for the Sankofa Gas Field in Ghana, Ghana Business News reported. Read more »

Trust Re’s gross written premiums up 14%

Bahrain-based Trust International Insurance & Reinsurance Co. B.S.C.'s gross written premium increased 14% year on year to $452.6 million in 2014, reports Asia Insurance Review. Read more »

Brazil’s cyber insurance market still not developed: Willis executive

Peter Armstrong, head of cyber risks at U.K.-based Willis Group Holdings P.L.C., has said that Brazil has a long way to go in strengthening the cyber insurance market, Segs.com.br reports. Read more »

Heavy rains and floods hit Chile, Peru and Ecuador

Heavy downpour and floods have claimed several lives and caused huge crop damage in Peru, Chile and Ecuador, FreshPlaza reports. Read more »

Angolan insurers prepared to cover risks from import of goods: Official

Manuel Goncalves, chief executive of Angola's ENSA – Seguros de Angola S.A., has said that insurers in the country are prepared to cover risks arising from importing goods, reported Angola Press. Read more »

Quake causes $19 million in economic losses

The civil affairs department of China's Guizhou province has said that 23,000 people in the province's Jianhe County have been affected by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake that recently hit the province, Xinhua... Read more »

More 2014 securities class action filings involved accounting questions

Securities class action filings involving allegations of accounting issues increased by 47% in 2014 compared with 2013, despite there being little change in the overall level of securities class action filings, according... Read more »