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Alternative Risk Transfer

A trailblazer to creating ‘needed’ cyber ILS market

Hannover Re’s recent cyber ILS deal, using a proportional reinsurance structure to transfer cyber risk to capital markets investors, could become a template for further deals and help insurers to cope with burgeoning demand, says Henning Ludolphs of Hannover Re.

Insurance

Why breakthrough cyber ILS deals will benefit policyholders

Two cyber ILS deals were launched in January in a watershed moment for the market. Here, a panel of experts debate what this new source of capacity for cyber risks could mean for this line of business and end policyholders.

Insurance

The mother of invention: why cyber ILS is needed now

With not one but two cyber ILS deals being launched in January, a panel of experts debate why this new well of capacity for cyber risks is needed and very welcome for a complex yet fast-growing line of business.

Insurance

Hard choices over flooding: secondary perils in the balance at January renewals

Secondary perils were the primary topic at Baden-Baden this year. The consensus is that they mean Europe can no longer escape rate rises, and who pays will determine whether we’re truly seeing a hard market. Intelligent Insurer reports.

Insurance

Spoilt for choice: the COVID-19 tech boom leaves insurers with some tricky decisions

Rapidly expanding opportunities in insurtech are being driven by changing behaviours and fast-changing technology.

Insurance

The computer virus: COVID-19 is driving a boom in insurtech and it might be only just beginning

There remains plenty of scope for further growth if insurers can harness their data, an Intelligent Insurer panel found.

Reinsurance

The pandemic remains an earnings event for reinsurers, but why?

Pandemic-related losses are large but reinsurers look to have avoided the worst with a combination of financial discipline and the arrival of a hard market. Will efforts to inoculate themselves against the pandemic in H1 continue to be effective into the second half of the year, and how will it affect the wider market? Intelligent Insurer speaks to Robert Mazzuoli, director at Fitch Ratings, to find out more.

Insurance

How COVID-19 insured losses map across to company exposures

Investment bank analysts have calculated and explained how the huge insured losses from COVID-19 are likely to pan out for the industry, particular companies and lines, and are affecting already firming prices. Intelligent Insurer reports.

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