Reinsurance News
A series of interviews with prominent reinsurance industry executives, discussing the state of the global reinsurance market, opportunities for growth in reinsurance, disruptive factors and the influence of technology on risk transfer and reinsurance.
16th September 2021
In a recent video interview for the Artemis Live series from our sister site, Christian Mumenthaler, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Swiss Re, stressed that while the re/insurance industry certainly has a role to play, it is not the solution to climate change. The 2021 IPCC Climate Risk ... Read the full article
16th September 2021
While rate momentum has slowed somewhat throughout 2021, the current favourable reinsurance market environment is expected to persist into 2022 amid ongoing pressures from the pandemic, natural catastrophes and social inflation, according to Javier San Basilio, Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for MAPFRE RE. In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, San ... Read the full article
13th September 2021
After raising a significant amount of capital in 2020, a trend which has continued this year, specialty insurer and reinsurer, Fidelis Insurance Holdings Limited, continues to innovate and sees opportunities across most lines of business, according to Dan Burrows, Executive Chairman of Fidelis Bermuda and Group Managing Director. In 2020, equity ... Read the full article
10th September 2021
Mondale Smith, President and COO at EMC Re, has maintained that “humility and agility” will be key for the company to manage attrition and volatility as it looks to grow further and expand into new markets. EMC Re’s current portfolio is mainly comprised of US-based clients with just under a fifth ... Read the full article
9th September 2021
The next big breakthrough within the field of data and analytics is already here and according to Krista Griggs, Head of Financial Services and Insurance at Fujitsu UK, is going to fundamentally alter the way insurance is underwritten. In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Griggs described the arrival of digital ... Read the full article
7th September 2021
Further reinsurance market hardening is expected in the months ahead as the severe flooding in parts of Europe in July and the more recent impacts of Hurricane Ida serve as a stark reminder of the issues at hand, according to Christian Mumenthaler, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Swiss Re. Read the full article
24th August 2021
In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Krista Griggs, Head of Financial Services and Insurance at Fujitsu UK, discussed the importance of data within the re/insurance sector against a backdrop of rapidly advancing technologies. While the prevalence of data has been something which has been in the underwriting of insurance policies ... Read the full article
9th August 2021
Dan Dijak, Head of Underwriting at AM RE Syndicate says that, amid challenging market conditions, the key to the company’s success is nurturing long-term, predictable relationships with clients. “We believe that the relationship aspect of our business is timeless,” Dijak told Reinsurance News during a recent interview that focused on finding ... Read the full article
28th July 2021
Mondale Smith, President and COO at EMC Re, has stressed that reinsurers must pay close attention to how weather trends have altered in recent years, and has warned that “tackling 2021 exposures with a 2011 mindset is a recipe for disaster.” Speaking in an interview with Reinsurance News, Smith discussed how ... Read the full article
7th July 2021
James Vickers, Chairman of Willis Re International, has said that “discipline is still there,” even as the latest edition of the broker’s 1st View Report shows that recent reinsurance price increases have brought the market close to equilibrium. Speaking in an interview with Reinsurance News, Vickers noted that the reinsurance market ... Read the full article
5th July 2021
As data quality challenges continue to hinder insurers and reinsurers, Swiss Re is looking to overcome some of the inefficiencies and develop a habitat in which valuable data is discoverable, accessible, and trusted. This is according to Swiss Re’s inaugural Chief Data Officer, Ian Haycock, who spoke with Reinsurance News recently ... Read the full article
2nd July 2021
While the emergence of property and casualty (P&C) startups in Bermuda is likely to be muted in the months ahead, the influx of life reinsurers is expected to continue and will only strengthen the Bermuda marketplace, according to Brad Adderley, Partner at global law firm Appleby. An expectation of significant rate ... Read the full article
24th June 2021
With advancements in technology enabling carriers to leverage data in a more meaningful way, the insurance and reinsurance industry has an opportunity to refocus its thinking, derive greater insights and transform some of the inefficiencies within the business, according to Ian Haycock, Chief Data Officer at Swiss Re. “For Swiss Re ... Read the full article
23rd June 2021
The increased unpredictability and severity of natural catastrophe events will continue to be the key challenges for the energy insurance sector, according to Timothy Lee, Energy and Engineering Underwriter, Munich Re Syndicate Singapore. In an interview with Reinsurance News, Lee noted that the energy insurance market continues to harden, although at ... Read the full article
15th June 2021
It is an “exciting time” in the life and annuity market as the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and prolonged low interest environment have created new opportunities for reinsurance players such as Global Atlantic. This is according to Manu Sareen, President for Institutional Markets at Global Atlantic and CEO of ... Read the full article
