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Risk preparedness at lowest level since 2007: Aon
3rd May 2017
Reinsurance broker Aon Benfield has said firms are at their lowest levels for risk preparedness since 2007 - when it first began to assess the risk environment for businesses in its bi-annual global risk management survey. This is down to firms not yet having caught up with the speed of the ... Read the full article
New & enhanced RMS cyber model highlights challenge and opportunity for re/insurers
2nd May 2017
Global catastrophe risk modelling and analytics firm, RMS, has released its updated RMS Cyber Accumulation Management System version 2.0, which further highlights the need for improved cyber insurance and reinsurance solutions. The new and enhanced version 2.0 of the RMS Cyber Accumulation Management System includes a suite of cyber models and ... Read the full article
Munich Re announces changes to its North America executive team leadership
2nd May 2017
Munich Re has announced the appointment of Bernard Naumann to President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the reinsurer's Canada (Life) division as well as additional changes to its North America team leadership. In his new role, Naumann will develop the Canadian reinsurance business strategy for Canada and the Caribbean. He previously worked ... Read the full article
Markel becomes second syndicate to join Lloyd’s India platform: Reports
24th April 2017
Markel is set to become the second syndicate to join Lloyd's India operations, after the specialist insurance and reinsurance market kicked off its India market expansion in April with MS Amlin as the first syndicate to join its newly launched domestic India reinsurance branch, the India Express has reported. Markel International Underwriter, ... Read the full article
Swiss Re’s Cyclone Debbie losses reveal Australian market share growth: Deutsche Bank
24th April 2017
Swiss Re was hit with a lion’s share of $350 million Cyclone Debbie losses in Q1, after the firm expanded its Australian market share to nearly double its 2011 size, said Deutsche Bank analysts in their Q1 European reinsurance market report. The $350 million Cyclone Debbie blow reveals a Swiss Re ... Read the full article
Barbican launches online automated quote and bind system
24th April 2017
Barbican Insurance Group, which underwrites re/insurance predominantly through its Lloyd's syndicates, has launched a new technology platform that will automate quoting and binding of new business through certain distribution channels. With the launch of 'The Hub', as the platform is named, Barbican hopes the online, automated quote and bind system will ... Read the full article
Market conditions drive Bermudian re/insurers to innovate: A.M. Best
19th April 2017
Tough market conditions have driven Bermudian re/insurers to explore new lines of business, with the most recent trend being a move towards mortgage re/insurance, said A.M. Best Senior Financial Analyst Scott Mangan, in the firm's latest market trends report. The rating agency previously reported a Bermudian market pivot towards primary and ... Read the full article
Marine underwriters face growing challenges: IUMI
13th April 2017
The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) said marine insurers last year faced growing challenges as energy claims rose against a reducing premium base and cargo accumulation risk and the frequency of major vessel casualties continued to increase. Donald Harrell, Chairman of IUMI’s Facts & Figures committee, commented that marine risks continue ... Read the full article
Emerging markets to be hit hardest by rising terrorism & populism: Aon
11th April 2017
Populism and terrorism have been converging, with both elements feeding into and propagating the other to compound global geopolitical risks, said Aon, noting a 14% increase in global terror attacks last year in its latest Risk Maps report. This terrorism increase has been compounded by rising waves ... Read the full article
Willis appoints Thorsten Querfurt to Natural Resources Global Industry Leader
5th April 2017
Willis Towers Watson has appointed Thorsten Querfurt, joining from management consulting firm Oliver Wyman, as new Global Industry Leader for Natural Resources. In his new role Querfurt will oversee the firm’s Natural Resources segment expansion - including oil, gas and chemicals, metals and mining, and power and utilities (including renewable energy and ... Read the full article
UK’s Flood Re scheme boosts flood insurance uptake
4th April 2017
Newly released data shows that since the introduction of Flood Re one year ago - a world flagship programme developed to provide at risk UK homeowners with more accessible and affordable flood cover - 80% of homeowners with previous flood claims saw a 50% price reduction for available quotes. The scheme ... Read the full article
Protection gap is not just an emerging market issue: Swiss Re
30th March 2017
Over the last 25 years, the schism between global insured and economic losses has been steadily widening, a factor that when combined with growing climate, cyber, and geopolitical threat, leaves a dangerous and costly protection gap both in developed and emerging markets. 2016 stats show fast-developing Asian economies were hardest hit; struggling ... Read the full article
$30 million blow to W.R. Berkley results after Ogden rate change
29th March 2017
One of the largest commercial lines underwriters in the U.S., W.R. Berkley Corporation, has revealed an expected $30 million pre-tax and $22 million net blow to the firm’s first quarter operating results after the Ogden rate cut. The firm said its recording the impact as an increase to prior year loss reserves, ... Read the full article
Reinsurance – still a largely relationship-driven business: Conning
27th March 2017
Traditional reinsurers’ market share has been shrinking over the last ten years with business being increasingly lost to captives - despite insurers ceding larger premium portions - investment firm Conning concluded in its recent study on U.S. cedants and reinsurers. The industry expert interview-based study, "Buyer Trends in Property-Casualty Reinsurance: A ... Read the full article
Harnessing big-data essential for re/insurers
17th March 2017
Learning to harness big-data to their benefit is essential for insurers and reinsurers looking to maintain and increase their market shares and profitability, according to Fitch Ratings. The rating agency explains in a new report that those failing to keep pace with technological change and innovation, such as how to leverage ... Read the full article