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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.
2025, the year GenAI delivers real value to the re/insurance industry: Capgemini’s Denninger
17th February 2025
2025 will be the year when GenAI starts delivering real value in the re/insurance industry, particularly in customer service, but also in other areas, according to Adam Denninger, Global Insurance Industry Leader at Capgemini. Denninger recently spoke with Reinsurance News in an interview, discussing a variety of topics, particularly AI and ... Read the full article
Collaboration needed to tackle rising nat cat losses: Vickers, Gallagher Re
14th February 2025
As reinsurers navigate the complexities of rising natural catastrophe losses, James Vickers, Chairman of Gallagher Re International, discusses their efforts to support primary insurers while emphasising the need for broader collaboration to ensure risks are managed and priced effectively. In a recent video interview with Reinsurance News, ... Read the full article
Room for wider and deeper AI adoption among re/insurers: Craig Campestre, Earnix
11th February 2025
In an interview with Reinsurance News, Craig Campestre, Chief Revenue Officer at Earnix, highlighted that the insurance and reinsurance industry can do more to adopt artificial intelligence (AI), emphasising the need for deeper integration, improved governance, and the rise of roles like Chief AI Officer. While progress has been made, Campestre ... Read the full article
Keeping high attachment points is key: Vickers, Gallagher Re
6th February 2025
In a recent video interview with Reinsurance News, James Vickers, Chairman of Gallagher Re’s International division, emphasised the importance of attachment points for reinsurers, particularly in the face of increasing frequency of non-peak catastrophe events. Vickers noted that while rate has historically been a primary focus, the ... Read the full article
Insurance cooperatives and mutual societies in Brazil: Major changes with new law
31st January 2025
2025 is poised to be a busy year for the Brazilian re/insurance market with the approval of the new Insurance Law and sanction of Complementary Law No. 213/2025, which legalizes the operations of mutual societies and regulates the operations of insurance cooperatives, partners and of counsel at Brazilian law firm ... Read the full article
Solvency, reserving and risk management are key focuses for Bermudian life insurers in 2025: BILTIR CEO
24th January 2025
Suzanne Williams-Charles, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bermuda International Long Term Insurers and Reinsurers (BILTIR), has stated that key expectations for 2025 across Bermuda is for long term insurers, specifically, to continue to maintain strong solvency, have strong reserving, as well as having a key focus on risk management on ... Read the full article
Reinsurers positioned reasonably well for 2025 after 1.1 renewals: Vickers, Gallagher Re
23rd January 2025
Speaking with Reinsurance News in a recent video interview, James Vickers, Chairman of reinsurance broker Gallagher Re's International division, said that after the January 1st renewals, reinsurers are well placed but the question for companies for the rest of the year is what they can do about growing their ... Read the full article
Supporting non-life and life sectors is a key focus for 2025: De Monte, Lloyds Bank
7th January 2025
During a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Christian De Monte, Lloyds Bank Corporate & Institutional Banking Head of Insurance and Group Subsidiaries, discussed what the firm's main priorities are for its insurance business throughout 2025. Readers may recall, that De Monte was named Managing Director, Head of Insurance and Group ... Read the full article
Reinsurers see opportunities amid market moderation: Gallagher Re CEO
3rd January 2025
Reinsurers view the current market as an attractive space, even after some moderation in terms and conditions. However, they face ongoing pressure to deliver strong results amid a renewal season marked by variability and diverse outcomes, according to Tom Wakefield, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gallagher Re, the reinsurance arm ... Read the full article
Underwriting discipline likely to remain for majority of market: William Ho, MS Amlin
28th November 2024
In an interview with Reinsurance News, William Ho, Chief Executive Officer of MS Amlin for Asia Pacific, affirmed that although reinsurance market dynamics in Asia have shifted in 2024, discipline is expected to persist as the company continues to innovate for clients and brokers in an ever changing landscape. We spoke ... Read the full article
Understanding, calculating & underwriting systemic risk is cyber’s biggest challenge today: Coalition
27th November 2024
As cyber continues to remain one of the biggest lines of business across the re/insurance industry, there are a number of challenges that the cyber market is currently facing, in light of the recent number of data breaches and major cyber events that the industry has seen throughout the past ... Read the full article
MS Reinsurance CUO Goldie optimistic heading into 1.1, sees opportunities in ‘almost every area’
12th November 2024
As the autumn conference season concludes and the reinsurance industry shifts its focus to the January renewals, we spoke with MS Reinsurance’s Charlie Goldie, Chief Underwriting Officer, for his insights on the discussions at RVS in Monte Carlo and the Insurance Leadership Forum (ILF) hosted by the Council of Insurance ... Read the full article
We expect a stable 1.4 renewal as demand for re/insurance continues to rise in Japan: Swiss Re’s Dodo
5th November 2024
Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re continues to see increased demand for property insurance and reinsurance protection in Japan amid elevated large natural catastrophe threats and the impact of inflation, and with little sign of a significant influx of capital heading into 2025, the expectation is for a stable April 1st ... Read the full article
Retention levels to remain stable despite demand: MAPFRE RE’s Meyerhoff
25th October 2024
Amid growing demand for reinsurance capacity, clients have shown interest in buying lower down to go back to past retention levels, MAPFRE RE's Mark Meyerhoff has observed, yet this is not something he sees happening, instead he anticipates stable retention levels at the upcoming renewals. Around the Baden-Baden conference, MAPFRE RE's ... Read the full article
The German re/insurance market has seen a shift towards using TPAs as strategic partners: Pro Global
24th October 2024
During a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Stilianos Kalaitzidis, Head of Business Development, Pro Global Germany, discussed how the role of Third Party Administrators (TPAs) has evolved as a maturing model within the German-speaking reinsurance and insurance market. "In the past, German insurers only used TPAs in emergencies, as they were ... Read the full article
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