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# January 4, 2017: Cats Don't Equal Price Hikes, Soaking Up Liabilities and Bomb Cyclones
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/january-4-2017-cats-dont-equal-price-hikes-soaking-up-liabilities-and-bomb-cyclones/
- Published: 2018-01-04T12:50:49.000Z
- Updated: 2018-01-04T12:50:49.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

[Insurers Jostle for Pension-Risk Transfer Bounty](https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b16b1dvky54mln/insurers-jostle-for-pension-risk-transfer-bounty?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*Institutional Investor*  
Growing numbers of U.K. defined benefit plans are looking to offload liabilities — and now they can afford to make them someone else’s problem.

[Disasters Don’t Whip Up Insurance Pricing Power](https://www.wsj.com/articles/disasters-dont-whip-up-insurance-pricing-power-1515076478?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*WSJ (sub may be required)*  
Excess of reinsurance capital keeps lid on 2018 renewals in spite of huge losses in 2017.

[Insurance Companies Send Settlement Checks to Hurricane Irma Victims with String Attached](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-insurers-claim-release-language-20180103-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*Sun Sentinel*   
Settlement checks sent by at least three companies include language stating that accepting the check releases the companies from further obligations connected to the claim.

[Why the Bomb Cyclone Hitting the East Coast Is So Unusual *Wired*](https://www.wired.com/story/why-the-bomb-cyclone-hitting-the-east-coast-is-so-unusual/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
It’s what happens when everything comes together just right (or just wrong).

[Japan’s Sompo Holdings to Acquire US Surety Insurers *Nikkei*](https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Japan-s-Sompo-Holdings-to-acquire-US-surety-insurers?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
Japanese nonlife major sees opportunities amid US infrastructure boom.