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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.
21st November 2019
Still in its infancy, the global cyber risk market continues to grapple with data and modelling challenges, but increasingly, re/insurers are becoming aware of a need for new and innovative approaches. This is according to the owner and founder of PeriStrat GmbH, Hans-Joachim Guenther and Peter Hacker, a globally recognized cyber ... Read the full article
19th November 2019
AXA XL, the global P&C and Specialty insurance and reinsurance arm of the AXA Group, sees real value in the ongoing development of the world’s first Ocean Risk Index, designed to assess, transfer and trade the risks associated with the change and deterioration in our oceans, while simultaneously supporting resilience. Reinsurance ... Read the full article
12th November 2019
The re/insurance industry has broadly enjoyed a hardening rate environment in 2019, but a return to price adequacy will require some fundamental changes in terms of the way companies model and respond to catastrophe losses. This is according to Arthur Wightman, PwC Bermuda Territory and Insurance Leader, who spoke to Reinsurance ... Read the full article
8th November 2019
CyberCube's Pascal Millaire believes we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to cyber catastrophe aggregation in the insurance industry and that, once you start layering on the appropriate loads onto coverages, the market is not as profitable as it appears. “This is a market that’s expected to ... Read the full article
1st November 2019
Convex, the specialty insurer and reinsurer launched earlier this year by Stephen Catlin and Paul Brand, feels that the rise of technology, combined with the fact it doesn’t have legacy issues puts it in a great position moving forward. Reinsurance News recently met with co-founders of Convex, Catlin and Brand, to ... Read the full article
31st October 2019
With fewer incumbents left to purchase at the top end of the London insurance space, M&A activity is expected to be dominated by the smaller end of the marketplace, according to Stephen Skeels, Partner and National Head of Valuations at Mazars, the global audit, accounting and consulting group. Mazars has a ... Read the full article
25th October 2019
Optimism is high in the reinsurance industry this year, according to Brad Adderley, partner at offshore law firm Appleby, and there appears to be some confidence that the market’s outlook will improve further. Speaking in an interview with Reinsurance News at Reinsurance Rendezvous event in Monte Carlo this year, Adderley explained ... Read the full article
23rd October 2019
Swiss Re’s success in the EMEA region is underpinned by the development of innovative solutions to promote growth, unlock new efficiencies, and optimise profitability, according to Fernando Villar, COO and Head of P&C Client Solutions EMEA at Swiss Re. Villar spoke to Reinsurance News about the reinsurer's strategy in an interview ... Read the full article
23rd October 2019
Introducing Reinsurance News’ first ever Monte Carlo Rendezvous Roundtable event, where industry executives examined disruption, catastrophe modelling and other key fundamental shifts currently sweeping the market. With our executive panel spoilt for topics to pick apart and discuss, focus first settled on the record catastrophe years in 2017 and ... Read the full article
22nd October 2019
As Lloyd’s and the broader London market strive for greater efficiency, it’s important that the specialist insurance and reinsurance marketplace is successful in at least some areas of its prospectus, says Justin Davies, Head of EMEA at re/insurance service provider, Xceedance. After unveiling its Future at Lloyd’s prospectus back in May, ... Read the full article
21st October 2019
The methodology of co-creation and the sharing of end-to-end expertise is vital to successfully provide and deploy re/insurance solutions, explains Fernando Villar, COO and Head of P&C Client Solutions EMEA, Swiss Re. Speaking with Reinsurance News around the annual Baden-Baden Reinsurance Congress, Swiss Re’s Villar explained that co-creation, partnerships, innovation and ... Read the full article
18th October 2019
The legacy re/insurance market is gearing up for further growth and is ready to go “from strength to strength,” according to Tom Booth, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at DARAG. Speaking in an interview with Reinsurance News, Booth said that legacy re/insurers continue to enjoy an “active, vibrant marketplace” with no shortage ... Read the full article
11th October 2019
Specialty insurer and reinsurer Convex continues to build its toolkit and lay strong foundations in a changing reinsurance market landscape, explains Stephen Catlin and Paul Brand. In an interview with Reinsurance News, Convex co-founders Catlin and Brand, discussed the thinking behind the launch of the international specialty re/insurer, the story so ... Read the full article
27th September 2019
Chief Executive Officer for BGC Insurance Group, Steve Hearn, is anticipating more change to take place across the re/insurance industry in the next three years than in the previous 30. Speaking recently with Reinsurance News, Hearn added that after 330 years in existence, the industry is undergoing massive, technology-driven changes to ... Read the full article
20th September 2019
The cyber insurance and reinsurance market is likely to be unsustainable if it continues on its current path, but better use of data and more informed regulation may offer a solution. This is according to Ben Beeson, Founding Member and Head of Insurance at Arceo, a risk analytics provider for the ... Read the full article
