Reinsurance News
Willis Re appoints Guy Carpenter’s Pinette as head of EMEA Life & Health
30th April 2018
Willis Re has appointed Guy Carpenter’s Franck Pinette as Managing Director of its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Life & Health practice. Pinette, who was most recently Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of European Life Reinsurance operations at Guy Carpenter, will now lead Willis Re’s development in the rapidly growing life ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine Kiln names Anna McNamara as group COO
30th April 2018
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), a global provider of specialist and corporate re/insurance, has appointed Anna McNamara as group Chief Operating Officer (COO). McNamara will now lead the strategy and management of all TMK group operations activities across the business. She has been with TMK since 2006, during which time she has played ... Read the full article
Online underwriting platforms may not hold up in court, warns Clyde & Co
30th April 2018
Global law firm Clyde & Co has warned that poorly designed and operated online underwriting platforms can threaten a re/insurer’s ability to defend itself in court. The firm claimed that it is critical that re/insurers review the manner in which these platforms issue documentation and collect information on risks, as these ... Read the full article
ANZ, Suncorp, IBM collaborate on blockchain solutions for re/insurance
30th April 2018
ANZ and Suncorp New Zealand have announced plans to collaborate with IBM on developing blockchain solutions for the re/insurance market in New Zealand (NZ). The parties aim to leverage distributed ledger technology to help make data transfer and payment reconciliation processes between brokers and re/insurers faster and more transparent. The collaborative project ... Read the full article
The current reinsurance market is unsustainable, warn industry execs
30th April 2018
Put simply, the current state of the reinsurance market is unsustainable, and as the ability to subsidise margins with reserve releases diminishes, the sustainability of the overall insurance and reinsurance marketplace needs to be given some thought. This is according to industry experts and executives that spoke with A.M. BestTV at ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter promotes Fletcher to Chair, adds Morris as SVP in Bermuda
30th April 2018
Reinsurance brokerage Guy Carpenter has promoted its retrocessional leader John Fletcher to become the new Chairman of the firm’s Bermuda Operations and added a new Senior Vice President hire on the island. Fletcher has been with Guy Carpenter throughout his reinsurance broking career, having joined the firm in 1998. In his 30 ... Read the full article
Bank of England wants more longevity risk retained, less reinsured
27th April 2018
The Bank of England would like to see more longevity risk being retained and less being transferred offshore through reinsurance arrangements, leading it to explore amending Solvency II risk charges to encourage greater retention. The Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has before discussed its concerns over the use of ... Read the full article
Reinsurance blindspot in Florida as roof remodels double, reports BuildFax
27th April 2018
BuildFax, a provider of property condition and history insights, has found that there has been a 110.6% increase in residential roof remodels in Florida over the last 10 years, which has not been considered in recent reinsurance negotiations and catastrophe risk models. The findings were based on in-depth analysis of more ... Read the full article
AGCS partners with ParaZero on drone safety systems
27th April 2018
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), the specialist corporate re/insurer of Allianz Group, has partnered with Israel-based drone safety systems company ParaZero to reduce risks related to commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). AGCS plans to offer pricing incentives and preferential conditions to clients using ParaZero products, initially in the U.S market ... Read the full article
Viability of blockchain tech dependent on handful of industry leaders: Fitch
27th April 2018
Fitch Ratings has asserted that although the implementation of blockchain technology offers many benefits for re/insurers in terms of cost, security and efficiency, it does not address any immediate crisis and its viability will thus be dependent on adoption by a select group of industry leaders. Fitch claimed that, currently, most ... Read the full article
Only 42% of UK business leaders confident in growth prospects: CNA Hardy
27th April 2018
CNA Hardy, a UK specialist commercial re/insurer, has released the Spring 2018 edition of its Risk and Confidence Survey, which reveals that just 42% of executives in UK businesses are confident in the ability of their firm to grow and prosper. This figure shows a cautious increase from the 28% that ... Read the full article
TMK extends Intellectual Property cover to France, Belgium, and Luxembourg
27th April 2018
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) has announced the launch of a specialist Intellectual Property (IP) re/insurance product in France, Belgium and Luxembourg. TMK already offers IP re/insurance to clients in the UK, U.S and other continental European markets through its London and Frankfurt offices, but has decided to expand into these new ... Read the full article
Pool Re exploring capital market retro options with help of Guy Carpenter
27th April 2018
Pool Re has appointed GC Securities, the capital markets and insurance-linked securities (ILS) arm of reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, to act as its ILS advisor and placement agent as it assesses its options in the capital markets. Pool Re, which is the UK’s government-backed mutual terrorism reinsurance facility, began exploring the ... Read the full article
Willis appoints LeBoeuf as Senior Director of Americas Life practice
27th April 2018
Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, has appointed Michael LeBoeuf as Senior Director in its Americas Life practice. LeBoeuf has spent more than 30 years in the life re/insurance industry and joins Willis from Prudential Financial, where he served as Chief Actuary of Individual Life Insurance. He will ... Read the full article
Reinsurers continue to boost poor returns with reserve releases: Willis Re
27th April 2018
Reinsurance broker Willis Re has reported that reserve releases remained substantial over 2017, as reinsurers attempted to buoy net income and offset 2017 natural catastrophe losses with high prior year releases. The company’s April 2018 Reinsurance Market Report found that SUBSET constituents – companies it tracks that disclose catastrophe losses and ... Read the full article
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