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AEGIS London announces board additions
14th January 2019
AEGIS London has announced that Tom Busher, previously non-executive chair of the Board's Risk Committee, has succeeded William Dalton as non-executive chair of the Board of the managing agency. At the same time, Christopher Crane, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of U.S. energy supplier, Exelon Corporation, has been named non-executive ... Read the full article
Gard renews P&I reinsurance for 2019 through the International Group
14th January 2019
Gard, a shipowner-controlled protection and indemnity (P&I) marine and energy insurer, has outlined the terms of its 2019 reinsurance program, which it arranged through the International Group of P&I Clubs (IGP&I). The structure of the cover reinsured through the pool includes club retention of $10 million, general excess loss cover of ... Read the full article
Reinsurance rates to improve through mid-year 2019: Goldman Sachs
11th January 2019
While early indications indicate that reinsurance pricing was largely flat at the January 2019 renewals, analysts at Goldman Sachs are confident that rates will improve later in the year at the renewals in April and June. The firm argued that two consecutive years of elevated catastrophe activity should lead to improved ... Read the full article
Swiss Re backs first county-level catastrophe insurance project in China
11th January 2019
Swiss Re has become the exclusive reinsurer to a new catastrophe insurance project in Mao County in China’s Sichuan Province, according to reports from China Financial News. The project, which is the first in China to provide catastrophe insurance at the county-level, provides the government of Mao County with financial protection ... Read the full article
Freddie Mac transfers further $618mn of risk to re/insurers
11th January 2019
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) has obtained two new re/insurance policies under its Agency Credit Insurance Structure (ACIS) program, providing coverage for approximately $618 million of credit risk. The coverage underlies a $66 billion reference pool of mortgages, bringing ACIS credit risk transfer for 2018 to approximately $3 ... Read the full article
Beazley adds financial lines underwriters to Barcelona team
11th January 2019
Specialist re/insurer Beazley has appointed Francisco Alcaide and Alexander van Nierop as financial lines underwriters at the company’s hub for continental Europe in Barcelona. Alcaide joins Beazley from Hiscox, where he has spent the previous eight years as a senior underwriter in the insurer’s professional risks team in Spain, with responsibility ... Read the full article
P&C capital growth may reflect favourable industry expectations: Guy Carpenter
11th January 2019
Despite subpar underwriting returns, the property and casualty industry increased its capital position by $81 billion between 2014 and 2017, a growth which broker Guy Carpenter believes may be a sign that management teams expect favourable conditions ahead and want capital ready to deploy into new endeavors to grow their businesses. In ... Read the full article
Florida regulator pegs insured Michael losses at $4.9bn
11th January 2019
Total re/insured losses resulting from Hurricane Michael in Florida are estimated to be approximately $4.9 billion, according to data compiled by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (FLOIR). The state regulator’s estimate is based on information from claims data filed by insurers, and shows that a total of 136,873 claims have ... Read the full article
Premia Holdings acquires Public Service Insurance Company out of rehabilitation
11th January 2019
Bermuda-based property & casualty re/insurance run-off group Premia Holdings has acquired Public Service Insurance Company (PSIC) and its subsidiary Western Select Insurance Company (WSIC) after the two businesses were placed into rehabilitation by the state of Illinois in 2017. In what the company calls a groundbreaking transaction, Premia has acquired certain ... Read the full article
Arch estimates Q4 2018 cat loss of up to $130m
11th January 2019
Bermuda-based re/insurer Arch Capital Group has revealed pre-tax catastrophe losses for Q4 2018 of between $110 million and $130 million; a figure which takes into consideration the firm’s reinsurance recoveries and reinstatement premiums. However, Arch states there are significant uncertainties surrounding the number of claims and scope of damage for these ... Read the full article
MS Amlin CFO John Worth to depart for Hastings
11th January 2019
The Chief Financial Officer of global re/insurer MS Amlin, John Worth, is to depart the company in favour of a lead role at the insurer Hastings. The move comes just 14 months after replacing the firm’s previous CFO Chris Rash. MS Amlin has stated that Worth will remain in the role until ... Read the full article
“Interesting” 1/1 market dynamics to continue into April: Aon
11th January 2019
Re/insurance broker Aon has said that the “interesting” market dynamics that affected reinsurance pricing at the recent 1 January renewals are likely to continue to influence rates throughout the coming year. The company’s ‘Reinsurance Market Outlook 2019’ report noted that reinsurance buyers continue to secure protection at accretive cost of capital ... Read the full article
ACORD eyes more robust digital standards with LTI partnership
11th January 2019
ACORD, the insurance industry data standards body, has extended its partnership with global IT firm Larsen & Toubro Infotech to further develop a set of digital standards & solutions for the insurance industry. The partnership is aimed at extending the standardisation service ACORD already provides by constructing new and robust digital ... Read the full article
MAPFRE appoints Christopher Smith as Chief Global Brokers Officer
11th January 2019
Spanish insurance giant MAPFRE has appointed Christopher Smith as its Chief Global Brokers Officer. Smith joined MAPFRE Global Risk in 2013, where he worked as the Head of European business and subsequently as Chief Regions & Markets Officer - International. Prior to that, he spent nearly 20 years at RSA, eventually becoming ... Read the full article
Cat modellers can learn from tech industry: Simplitium’s Lay & Jones
10th January 2019
With recent developments driving the need for ever more efficiency in the re/insurance industry, catastrophe modellers could benefit from emulating the approach of the technology sector, according to Simplitium’s James Lay and Matthew Jones. Lay and Jones noted that cost reduction was a central theme for many re/insurers during 2018, as ... Read the full article
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