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3 September 2024 AM Best signals ongoing improvements in reinsurance programme and credit quality of supporting markets.
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Insurance
It may be politics as much as premiums that is the deciding factor when it comes to Latin America’s re/insurance prospects. There’s massive scope for growth, but players cannot ignore a history of political instability, says II panel.
Alternative Risk Transfer
In our special LatAm focus during March 2024, Intelligent Insurer will reflect on and review the highs and lows of this huge, opportunity-filled region, starting with this look back at the conference.
Risk Management
Re/insurers in the region saw their four-year nat cat hiatus shattered in October, just as political turbulence looms—with 2024 marked out as a year of elections, says AM Best.
Insurance
It was billed as the toughest 1/1 renewals for decades, but did the reality live up to the hype? An Intelligent Insurer panel shared their inside takes.
Insurance
With sustainable investment well ahead of ESG integration elsewhere in the re/insurance industry, the sector badly needs someone to take the lead. It won’t be down to regulation alone, an Intelligent Insurer panel heard.
Insurance
The re/insurance industry is often accused of lagging when it comes to embracing ESG issues, but there are good reasons for its caution, around investments and underwriting.
Insurance
While perhaps the most fraught negotiations were over property cat during the 1/1 renewals in Europe, casualty and specialty lines also had their areas of contention. As with property, the outcomes for insurers varied widely, said an Intelligent Insurer panel.
Insurance
Plentiful capacity didn’t save cedants from rising rates, and reinsurers showed discipline at the 1/1 renewals. But cedants saw wildly different outcomes, an Intelligent Insurer panel heard.
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26 June 2024 More and more insurers are entering the cyber market, but not all look mature enough.
24 June 2024 Domestic E&S took most of US cyber; signs say offshore carriers are taking the baton.
24 June 2024 Systemic risk and artificial intelligence have become top concerns for cyber insurers.
3 June 2024 Defence & containment costs fell 53% y/y for Florida-focussed carriers after 2022 reforms.
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