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Time for change
As Netsett is unveiled to the market, the pioneers behind the technology, 
Paul Duffy, director, Capital Markets & Treasury Coverage at Deutsche Bank and 
Max Pell, managing director of Xchanging’s UK Insurance Business, explain why this unique platform is set to change the insurance industry for good.   14 September 2014
Insurance
Scaling up—M&A in the reinsurance market
Andrew Holderness, global head of Corporate Insurance, Clyde & Co explains why the industry is seeing a global shift in M&A activity.   14 September 2014
Insurance
The run-off wave continues
Following the firming up of the Solvency II initiation date, placing business into run-off has become more important than ever to insurers. DARAG’s CEO, Arndt Gossmann, talks to Intelligent Insurer about the company’s recent acquisition by Keyhaven and how this will help the company to double its business by the end of the year.   14 September 2014
News
Too many reinsurers offer nothing beyond capacity: Allianz
With pricing in the reinsurance market close to the bottom of the cycle there are too many reinsurers competing in the market with no value proposition beyond simply providing capacity. This is likely to put M&A firmly on the agenda at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous.   14 September 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
Cheap capacity means no ILS for Suncorp
The availability of cheap reinsurance in the Australian market has made it unnecessary for Suncorp, one of the biggest insurers in Australia and New Zealand and one of the largest users of reinsurance in the world, to tap the insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets so far, the company’s buyer said.   14 September 2014
Insurance
Protectionism causes concentration peril
Reinsurers face three main challenges, in the view of Hannah Grant, head of reinsurance at Insurance Europe. These are significant regulatory changes, increases in extreme weather and growing market access problems.   14 September 2014
Insurance
Over 90 companies implement AIR’s Touchstone
More than 90 companies across the insurance industry have implemented catastrophe modelling firm AIR Worldwide’s platform Touchstone.   14 September 2014
News
Back to basics in the land of El Dorado
The reinsurance industry faces a challenge re-establishing its relevance in the world and should focus on going back to basics when long-term relationships and trust mattered.   14 September 2014
News
TigerRisk targets retro with new Bermuda office
Broker TigerRisk Partners is opening a Bermuda office. Alex Bridges, from TigerRisk’s London office, has moved to Bermuda to lead the new business platform.   14 September 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
Gibraltar FSC publishes ILS guidelines
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) of Gibraltar has issued insurance-linked securities (ILS) guidelines as it seeks to be fully Solvency II complaint.   14 September 2014

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