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.
7th June 2018
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of insurance and reinsurance broker RFIB and its parent the Risk Transfer Group (RTG), Steven Beard, is confident in the firm's ability to create opportunities throughout the value chain as it looks to expand its presence and capabilities as an intermediary. As part of its strategy to ... Read the full article
6th June 2018
Tackling the challenge of U.S flood risk will require re/insurers to focus on educating property owners while at the same time developing more detailed resources, such as flood maps and risk models, according to Swiss Re Senior Treaty Underwriter Matt Junge. Although floods cause around $15 billion of economic damage every ... Read the full article
23rd March 2018
Insurance and reinsurance industry catastrophe risk models constantly evolve and advance, but when adjustments are required, typically, companies must decide whether to “bend or blend,” according to reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter’s Global Chief Catastrophe Modeler, Imelda Powers. Speaking with Reinsurance News, Powers explained that many insurers and reinsurers utilise a mix ... Read the full article
16th March 2018
Speaking with Reinsurance News, Imelda Powers, Global Chief Catastrophe Modeler at reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, discussed the management of changes to models and the impact this can have on insurers and reinsurers, while underlining the importance of utilising the latest data and expertise within models to improve the industry's view ... Read the full article
30th January 2018
The collateralized reinsurance and retrocession markets continue to expand despite the impacts of 2017 catastrophe events, as capital management and capital efficiency strategies drive interest in insurance-linked securities' (ILS) mechanisms, according to GC securities, the capital markets and ILS arm of reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter. In a discussion with Reinsurance News around ... Read the full article
18th January 2018
The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) continues to gain traction, resulting in a wave of smart and connected technologies which look set to transform the global insurance and reinsurance industry, according to Amit Tiwari, Chief Technology Officer, Xceedance. In an interview with Reinsurance News, Tiwari discussed re/insurance operations in the era of ... Read the full article
5th December 2017
According to Lloyd's of London Chief Executive Inga Beal, the governments of both mature and emerging markets are increasingly competing with the insurance and reinsurance industry, as governments take the lions share of catastrophe losses. Speaking to Bloomberg in a recent interview, Beale said that the disaster load in 2017 highlights ... Read the full article
27th November 2017
The recent, devastating impacts of third-quarter catastrophe events and the California wildfires serve as a wake up call to the insurance and reinsurance industry, with 2018 expected to be a very interesting year for the marketplace, according to Swiss Re's Chief Economist, Kurt Karl. In an interview with Reinsurance News, Karl ... Read the full article
27th September 2017
During the annual meeting of the reinsurance industry in Monte-Carlo, Reinsurance News met with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SCOR Global P&C, Victor Peignet, to discuss some burning industry topics. Regarding the potential but very uncertain impact of hurricane Irma, Peignet underlined how a fragmented market made it difficult to ... Read the full article
15th September 2017
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hong Kong domiciled reinsurance company Peak Re, Franz Josef Hahn, believes bridging the protection gap in Asia is one of the re/insurance industry’s biggest opportunities. The global protection gap (disparity between economic and insured losses post-event) has been discussed in the risk transfer industry for ... Read the full article
14th September 2017
Steve Hearn, the Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of reinsurance broker Ed., in an interview with Reinsurance News, recently discussed the role and relevance of the broker in a rapidly changing risk transfer industry. Speaking to Reinsurance News at the annual meeting of the reinsurance industry in Monte-Carlo, Hearn underlined disruption ... Read the full article
12th September 2017
We spoke with Inga Beale, Chief Executive of Lloyd's of London at the Monte-Carlo Reinsurance Rendezvous this week, to discuss the current events affecting the market as well as her views on a number of key market issues. We began by asking what the Lloyd's CEO thinks about the impacts of ... Read the full article
5th May 2017
Stephan Ruoff, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tokio Millennium Re (TMR), discussed the firm's main target markets and operating strategies in a recent interview with Reinsurance News. Ruoff highlighted the firm's commitment to income diversification through gaining momentum in two major areas, and also discussed the rise of InsurTech, the global political ... Read the full article
8th March 2017
Doris Höpke, Munich Re’s Management Board member responsible for Special and Financial Risks, discussed notable trends in the reinsurance space, as well as strategies for negotiating the fast-changing market, in a recent interview with Reinsurancene.ws. Höpke discussed the rise of insurtech, reinsurers increasingly moving closer to direct and primary sources of risk, ... Read the full article
