Reinsurance News
Leading re/insurers in effort to protect World Heritage Sites
3rd July 2018
The UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative - the largest collaborative initiative between the United Nations and the insurance industry - has partnered with WWF and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in a move aimed at protecting World Heritage Sites. The statement covers the re/insurance industry’s risk management, insurance and ... Read the full article
Reinsurers must innovate to overcome pricing challenges: Hiscox’s McConnell
3rd July 2018
Reinsurers must respond to the challenges of the current pricing environment by innovatively adapting their portfolios and exposures, their use of technology, and their relationships with clients, according to Megan McConnell, Director of Underwriting, London at Hiscox. McConnell noted that reinsurance rates have not increased to the extent that was anticipated ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine Kiln launches $100mn IP facility with Aon
3rd July 2018
Tokio Marine Kiln, a global provider of specialist and corporate re/insurance, has partnered with Aon and several other Lloyd’s syndicates in establishing a new $100 million intellectual property facility. Led by TMK the facility is to offer tailored cover for businesses of all sizes and will help protect against a wide ... Read the full article
PERILS increases storm Burglind (Eleanor) industry loss estimate to $840mn
3rd July 2018
Catastrophe loss data aggregator PERILS has reported its third loss estimate for Extratropical Cyclone Burglind, also known as Eleanor, at €724 million (US$840mn). The weather event hit between January 2nd and 3rd 2018, inflicting significant damage across Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Gusts exceeded ... Read the full article
AFL acquires majority stake in UK employer protection MGA
3rd July 2018
AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd, the independent Lloyd’s broker, has acquired a controlling stake in specialist employer protection Managing General Agency (MGA) Concordia Employment Services Limited, for an undisclosed sum. Based in London, Concordia has been supporting UK employers by managing risks and exposures related to workplace disputes since its launch in ... Read the full article
Sedgwick reveals management team for newly combined Australia business
3rd July 2018
Sedgwick has revealed the structure of the leadership team for its newly combined company in Australia following its recent acquisition of Cunningham Lindsey, a global loss adjusting, claims management, and risk solutions firm. Damon Bennett has been named as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Asia Pacific and will lead Sedgwick’s ... Read the full article
Brokerslink appoints first Director of Business Operations
3rd July 2018
Brokerslink, an international network of brokers, has announced the appointment of Anne Collette as Director of Business Operations, a newly-created role within the company aimed at strengthening its global presence. Working out of Brokerslink office in Porto, Portugal, Collette will be responsible for business operations globally including the management and co-ordination of ... Read the full article
Legal & General’s U.S Pension Risk Transfer business volume nears $2bn
3rd July 2018
Legal & General has announced that its Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) business has experienced continued growth since the company entered the U.S market less than three years ago, having written nearly $2 billion in total volume across 28 clients. The business has also amassed a global annuity book of nearly $80 ... Read the full article
Pool Re names Tracey Paul as Chief Strategy and Communications Officer
3rd July 2018
Pool Re, the UK’s government-backed terrorism reinsurer, has appointed Tracey Paul to the newly-created position of Chief Strategy and Communications Officer. Paul has more than 20 years of strategic communications experience and will take up her new position with immediate effect, reporting directly to Julian Enoizi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at ... Read the full article
Zurich completes Oak Underwriting takeover
3rd July 2018
Global insurer Zurich has completed the acquisition of Oak Underwriting from RSA Insurance, enhancing the company's high net-worth proposition, known as Zurich Private Clients. The insurer's purchase of Oak Underwriting, a high net-worth specialist insurer, makes Zurich one of the largest high net-worth insurers in the UK, and provides it with ... Read the full article
Rebranded Liberty reinsurance division launches Italian operation
3rd July 2018
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), the London headquartered unit of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has rebranded its reinsurance division as Liberty Mutual Re and launched a reinsurance operation in Italy for the first time. The rebrand applies to all aspects of LSM’s reinsurance division, which comprises 180 people in 14 locations. Liberty Mutual ... Read the full article
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions targets expansion with new Hamburg office
3rd July 2018
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the commercial insurance arm of the global reinsurance firm, has opened an office in Hamburg, Germany in an effort to expand its commercial insurance portfolio in northern Germany’s regional market. The office is already operational and through its broking partners will serve large and upper mid-sized companies, ... Read the full article
“Our DNA is changing”, says Munich Re CIO
3rd July 2018
The 2018 Tech Trend Radar report by Munich Re emphatically underlines the rate at which it expects new technologies to transform customers’ demands and expectations over the next two decades. This trend towards greater-connectivity is one that re/insurers must understand, accept and integrate into its framework into to secure longevity, says ... Read the full article
Brokers relying on more granular data in challenging property market: AmWINS
3rd July 2018
Property market brokers are increasingly relying on more granular data and risk models to obtain better results as 2018's underwhelming pricing environment looks set to extend into the second half of the year, according to specialty insurer AmWINS. A report by the company observed that advanced risk modelling was leading to greater ... Read the full article
Re/insurers step up Brexit plans as uncertainty remains
2nd July 2018
Analysis by Ernst & Young (EY) via its Financial Services Brexit Tracker reveals that re/insurers continue to step up their Brexit contingency plans despite the transition agreement, as widespread uncertainty remains. Despite the importance of the financial services sector to London and the wider UK, it appears that insurers and reinsurers, ... Read the full article
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