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For the January renewals cedants are placing an increased emphasis on their relationships with reinsurers, with more attention being placed on the finer details of the deal and the reinsurer’s ability to deliver on its promises. Pricing is not at the top of the agenda. That is the view of Peter Schmidt, CEO of Catlin Re Switzerland. 22 October 2014
Insurance
There is potential for unwelcome surprises in the short time before Solvency II goes live, given the challenges facing insurers in relation to the capital model and, in the UK, matching adjustment approvals. 21 October 2014
Insurance
The soft market will continue into 2015 unless a big catastrophe loss occurs in the final quarter of 2014, David Flandro, global head of strategic advisory at JLT Re, told Baden-Baden Today. But more interesting questions exist—not around pricing but potential structural changes in the sector, he said. 21 October 2014
Insurance
Ill-disciplined underwriting in the soft market is building up a store of problems and potential legal disputes, which will only manifest when market conditions eventually improve and reinsurers feel they again have the leverage to dispute questionable claims. 21 October 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
An extremely active year for European windstorms in 2013 had a silver lining for the re/insurance industry in that it meant valuable data could be collected—something that will substantially improve the industry’s ability to model, price and insure such risks in the future. 21 October 2014
Insurance
Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) recent revision of its Lloyd’s market outlook to stable from positive could be the first warning of more negative actions and downgrades for the wider reinsurance industry. 21 October 2014
Insurance
Having attracted alternative capital with its potential for healthy returns in a low interest rate environment, the insurance industry is now facing the resulting challenge of declining prices and narrower profit margins. 21 October 2014
News
The London company market displayed strong interest in the International Underwriting Associations’ (IUA) new cyber risk group, which saw more than 40 people participate. 21 October 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
ILS fund manager Twelve Capital has closed a €20 million private debt transaction for Alpha Insurance A/S of Denmark. 21 October 2014
Insurance
Insurers should re-examine the suitability of their reinsurance programmes in light of evidence that weather risks are changing and causing more frequent small- to medium-sized losses in many markets, executives from Munich Re said in Baden-Baden yesterday. 21 October 2014
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