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Alternative Risk Transfer
French reinsurer SCOR recently issued its Atlas IX catastrophe bond. Augustin Gas, retrocession manager at SCOR, talks to Intelligent ILS about the bond’s success, its place within the company’s strategic plan and why catastrophe bonds and sidecars will remain important strategic tools for reinsurers. 25 March 2015
Insurance
The rise in geopolitical risks, such as interstate conflict, will have a direct impact on the re/insurance industry, according to findings of the World Economic Forum’s 2015 Global Risks report. Intelligent Insurer investigates. 9 March 2015
Reinsurance
As rates in catastrophe business remain soft, Intelligent Insurer takes a look at the strategies reinsurers are adopting in an attempt to diversify beyond the intense competition and differentiate themselves from their rivals. 3 March 2015
Insurance
Showing promising growth and plenty of opportunities for re/insurers to enter the region, Colombia is an attractive prospect within both the Latin American market and the industry globally. However, a lack of local knowledge and understanding is preventing further interaction between the country and the London Market. Intelligent Insurer reports. 2 March 2015
Alternative Risk Transfer
As the use of sidecars and third party capital initiatives continues to accelerate, Intelligent ILS takes a look at how the traditional sidecar is being adapted to facilitate different forms of alternative capital, and examines how this form of risk transfer is becoming an increasingly important strategic tool for reinsurers. 25 February 2015
Alternative Risk Transfer
The year ahead will continue to see the emergence of innovative structures between the traditional and ILS markets, as Paul Schultz, CEO of Aon Benfield Securities explains. 25 February 2015
Alternative Risk Transfer
Henning Ludolphs, managing director of retrocessions and capital markets at Hannover Re, examines the pros and cons of, and offers some observations about, cat bonds and collateralised reinsurance. 25 February 2015
Insurance
The four largest European reinsurers have maintained a presence in Africa for some time. Yet for new players moving in, despite all the opportunities and potential for diversification, many challenges still exist. Intelligent Insurer investigates. 5 February 2015
Insurance
A long-predicted wave of mergers & acquisitions seems to have started with three high-profile deals in the process of being completed. Intelligent Insurer investigates whether the industry can expect more of the same in the remainder of 2015. 3 February 2015
Insurance
Following the temporary lapse of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), Intelligent Insurer explores the market’s appetite to welcome terrorism risk back into the private sector, and asks what other risks currently held by governments could potentially be transferred. 30 January 2015
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