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Reinsurance interviews
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.
Rational re/insurance pricing key to mitigating flood risk, says Fathom’s Dr Sampson
4th May 2023
“If the re/insurance market prices flood risk rationally, it will increase pressure for wider rational behaviour, which in the long term will encourage decisions that properly account for the underlying risks,” suggests Dr Chris Sampson, co-founder and CTO of flood and climate risk intelligence provider Fathom. Sampson’s comments stem from an ... Read the full article
We really need to understand what cyber insurance is: Matt Harrison, Moody’s RMS interview
3rd May 2023
As the cyber insurance and reinsurance market continues to develop and expand, with the risk also growing in popularity within the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space, Matt Harrison, Director of Product Management for Cyber at Moody’s RMS, highlights the importance of understanding exactly what cyber insurance is. Read the full article
A repricing of nat cats will depend on both short & near-term results: Swiss Re CorSo’s Nusslein
28th April 2023
With the re/insurance industry having faced two of the costliest events on record within the last year, through both hurricane Ian and the recent earthquakes that struck Turkey, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions’ Head Innovative Risk Solutions Americas, Bob Nusslein, explained in an interview with Reinsurance News about how the global ... Read the full article
Second-gen cyber modelling offers vital visibility for risk transfer market: DeNexus’ Seara
21st April 2023
Cyber risk modeller DeNexus' CEO José Seara said Lloyd's of London must balance protecting its business while recognising the importance of second-generation cyber modelling in providing necessary risk visibility for effective risk transfer. Lloyd’s of London, the 330-year-old institution, has responded to the growing cyber risk landscape by clamping down on ... Read the full article
After an impressive two decades, we’d like the growth to continue: Fortegra CEO, Kahlbaugh
20th April 2023
During his 20-year tenure with specialty insurer Fortegra, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rick Kahlbaugh’s leadership has seen the company expand into a multi-line carrier with annual premiums in the billions of dollars, supported by a willing and able team dedicated to generating profitable underwriting for shareholders. Kahlbaugh, who also serves as ... Read the full article
For re/insurers, climate change extends beyond weather impacts: Philip Hough, Aspen Re
12th April 2023
Driven in part by the rise in losses from what is being defined in the industry as secondary perils, insurers and reinsurers are increasingly confronted with the physical impacts of climate change. However, the challenges are more than just concerning the weather, according to Philip Hough, Global Head of Property ... Read the full article
After years of one step forward one step back, we seem to have got there: Shea, Gallagher Re
5th April 2023
As the underlying return on equity (ROE) surpasses the reinsurance industry’s cost of capital for the first time in a decade, it gives a sense of direction of the way forward and the level of profitability the sector has now reached, according to Brian Shea, Global Head of Strategic & ... Read the full article
Reinsurers are more involved in the creation of MGAs becoming insurers’ risk capital partners: Pro MGA Global Solutions’ Maleary
30th March 2023
There has been a significant increase in reinsurers' appetite wanting to specialise in reinsuring insurer’s delegated authority portfolios. With both parties aligning their interests they have now effectively become one risk capital partner, a change that Pro MGA Global Solutions (Pro MGS) CEO, Danny Maleary, has seen starting to develop ... Read the full article
The market needed a reset to attract critical support of capital providers: Hough, Aspen Re
28th March 2023
The last few months of last year were a turning point for the reinsurance market, as the need to reset pricing and achieve more sustainable long-term rate adequacy intensified, leading to probably the most distressed market that Philip Hough of Aspen Re has ever experienced. Hough has been the Global Head ... Read the full article
Chat GPT & AI a growing concern for cyber insurance: Corvus’ Hedberg
24th March 2023
With the capabilities of Chat GPT and artificial intelligence (AI) continuing to advance, this technology is only going to get smarter and potentially more difficult to control as it can be used to facilitate security breaches and increase the scale of cyber-attacks, states Peter Hedberg, Vice President of Cyber Underwriting ... Read the full article
Microinsurance, a great opportunity for re/insurers to diversify their portfolio: Katharine Pulvermacher
16th March 2023
Interest in microinsurance is growing as governments and businesses are recognising the need for these products mainly after Covid-19 and climate related catastrophes, this situation has created a great opportunity for re/insurers to diversify their risk portfolios, said Katharine Pulvermacher, executive director of the Microinsurance Network. In an interview with Reinsurance ... Read the full article
Re/insurers are taking steps to move the ESG needle: Marisa Savage, PwC Bermuda
13th March 2023
As environmental, social and governance (ESG) adoption continues to accelerate in the reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) world, the focus right now is on the environmental side of things amid the urgent need to transition to a low carbon economy, according to Marisa Savage, Partner in the PwC Bermuda Insurance ... Read the full article
There’s a lot to take away from the outcome of Jan 1 renewals: Britten, PwC Bermuda
8th March 2023
The Bermuda insurance and reinsurance marketplace weathered the impacts of multiple heavy loss years, the global pandemic, and the more recent rise in interest rates and inflation extremely well, despite the acute and far-reaching effects, according to Matt Britten, Partner in the PwC Bermuda Insurance and Reinsurance practice, and Risk ... Read the full article
A strong market, but important pricing holds long-term: Wightman, PwC Bermuda
6th March 2023
In an interview with our sister publication as part of the Artemis Live series of video interviews, Arthur Wightman, territory leader for PwC Bermuda, discussed what he describes as one of the hardest reinsurance markets. "The reinsurance industry across the main domains that operate here in Bermuda are doing well," said ... Read the full article
The insurance industry is not making fast enough progress on AI, Accelerant’s Wentworth
1st March 2023
In an interview with Reinsurance News, Heather Wentworth, Chief Data Officer at Accelerant, has suggested that the insurance industry as a whole is not “making enough progress” to get the data needed to successfully use artificial intelligence (AI) technology — which she argues will be transformative for the ecosystem. AI and ... Read the full article
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