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Ecclesiastical looks long term but won’t dismiss reductions
Against a backdrop of unrelenting market pressures on reinsurers, including an elongated soft market and increased competition for business on all fronts, Mark O’Riordan, head of group reinsurance at Ecclesiastical, is seeking stability and long-term relationships.   11 September 2016
News
Reaching for the top 10
As GIC Re aims to be a top 10 reinsurer globally, chairman-cum-managing director Alice Vaidyan describes the company’s growth plans to Monte Carlo Today.   11 September 2016
News
Reinsurers are living on borrowed time, with losses inevitable: S&P
S&P Global Ratings expects the reinsurance sector’s financial performance to deteriorate in the coming quarters. Nevertheless, an accumulated capital cushion may keep it going—at least for a while.   11 September 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
Whole portfolio ILS firm Vario targets fund raising in 2017
Vario Global Capital, the venture unveiled just before the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous in 2015, which has been working on developing a ‘whole portfolio’ insurance-linked securities (ILS) product as a capital management tool for insurers, intends to open its first fund to investors in 2017, its founding partner told Monte Carlo Today.   11 September 2016
Insurance
Leadenhall hits $3bn in assets landmark
Funds managed by Leadenhall Capital Partners have enjoyed steady growth in 2016 and it is now managing more than $3.1 billion of assets, partly thanks to the contribution of its new catastrophe bond-focused Leadenhall UCITS ILS Fund, which it launched at the end of 2015, but also thanks to the growth of its other life and non-life fund, as Luca Albertini, chief executive, Leadenhall Capital Partners told Monte Carlo Today.   11 September 2016
Insurance
Suncorp’s new structure will mean reinsurers cut
Some reinsurers could struggle to get to grips with a new operational structure implemented by Suncorp, meaning the number of players with the sophistication and capacity to work with the Australian insurer could be reduced.   11 September 2016
Insurance
Monte Carlo survey
In association with Swiss Re, Monte Carlo Today conducted a survey of senior industry executives ahead of and during the conference. The responses to various key questions will be published in this newsletter.   11 September 2016
Insurance
It’s all about relationships (but also fun on expenses)
The primary motive for attending the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous is to consolidate relationships with existing clients, according to an online poll of Intelligent Insurer readers—but there is also a portion who go there for less corporate reasons!   11 September 2016
News
Reinsurance funds should standardise reporting
Inconsistencies in the way reinsurance funds are reporting their estimated performance to investors and even selling themselves to new potential capital are becoming increasingly problematic for the industry and should be standardised, Darren Redhead, chief executive of Kinesis Capital Management, told Monte Carlo Today.   11 September 2016
Insurance
Technology will challenge marine insurers
The shipping industry is rapidly embracing the use of digital technology and the prospect of unmanned ships is not a million miles away. But while this will enhance the safety of the industry, it will also present a headache for marine insurers, who will need to grapple with a new set of risks.   11 September 2016

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