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Profits and incoming premiums dipped at marine insurer Skuld in the nine months to November 20 this year partly because of some big losses earlier in the year as the company’s CEO stressed its ambition to continue to pursue its diversification strategy. 16 December 2016
Insurance
Specialist re/insurance broker Miller has appointed Tiziano Migliorino as an executive associate with a broking and business production role in its professional lines capabilities, based in London. 16 December 2016
Insurance
XL Catlin has made two key appointments in its accident and health insurance teams in Europe. Stefano Chiurlo has been hired to head Italy operations and José Luis Gómez Banovio for Iberia. 15 December 2016
Insurance
Lloyd’s of London is set to create a subsidiary elsewhere in the EU as a response to uncertainty created by the EU referendum. 15 December 2016
Insurance
SCOR has increased the size of a contingent capital facility it uses to protect its solvency in cases of extreme natural catastrophe or life events impacting mortality – though it has not revealed the size of the losses that would trigger the use of the facility. 15 December 2016
Insurance
Total economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters are estimated to be $158 billion in 2016, significantly higher than the $94 billion of losses such events caused in 2015, but insured losses were only around a third of this, according to Swiss Re’s latest sigma report. 15 December 2016
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Hannover Re parent Talanx has welcomed the decision of the US Federal Reserve to increase its key interest rate calling it a step towards the normalisation of monetary policy conditions for capital markets and suggesting that the European Central Bank (ECB) may follow suit. 15 December 2016
Insurance
Ratings agencies see the operating environment for reinsurers deteriorating in 2017 which could lead to negative ratings actions particularly for smaller players. 15 December 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
Swiss Re believes that new climate-related financial disclosure guidelines, drafted by the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), will increase transparency on climate-related risks and help with measuring and evaluating the financial implications of climate change. 15 December 2016
Insurance
Pressure on the reinsurance business has been significant in 2016 due to a low interest rate environment and a soft market, but 2017 is likely to be even tougher and could lead to negative ratings actions, according to major rating agencies. 14 December 2016
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