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The acceleration of new money from the capital markets flowing into the reinsurance industry is starting to concern some players worried it could hamper their own growth aspirations.
That is the view of Willis Re’s most senior executives in a renewals report that also deta 2 April 2013
Insurance
Aon Risk Solutions has signed a unique co-insurance agreement with Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance that provides clients fast and efficient access to AA+ rated capacity for all eligible business placed by Aon Risk Solutions where the Lloyd’s market participates. 20 March 2013
News
Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings has announced that Jerome Faure will join the company on March 11 as CEO of global reinsurance. He will be responsible for Endurance’s North America, Bermuda and international reinsurance operations. Most recently, Faure was a partner in ILS Capital Management in Bermuda focused on insurance linked securities, industry loss warranties and collateralized reinsurance. Prior to that, he served as director and chief underwriting officer for Tokio Millennium Re. He started his career at Scor. 27 February 2013
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Boosted by a slight hardening of rates on some lines and a relatively benign period of catastrophe activity, it seems many reinsurers have responded to the difficult investment environment by improving the profitability of their underwriting books. A number of reinsurers have posted healthy combined ratios for their 2012 results in recent weeks. 12 February 2013
Alternative Risk Transfer
Last year saw the second highest level of catastrophe bond issuance on record signalling strong growth in the market, according to Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA). At year end, $5.9 billion of catastrophe bonds had been issued – a 37 percent increase over 2011, according to the unit’s latest Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) market update. 6 February 2013
Insurance
The value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) within the insurance sector globally dropped to its lowest level in 2012 since 2004, according to figures from industry data provider Dealogic. But the total number of deals done remained healthy suggesting a depression in valuations in the industry. 1 February 2013
Insurance
The economic downturn has forced property/casualty (P&C) insurers to become more focussed on underwriting discipline and less reliant on investment returns, recent reports by ratings agency Moody’s has claimed. 31 January 2013
Insurance
The low interest rate environment and regulatory burdens are the two biggest worries facing insurance CEOs, according to a recent report from rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P). 30 January 2013
News
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has launched a new entity that will operate as a local reinsurer in Brazil. Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Resseguros Brasil (AGCS Brazil) will be headed up by Angelo Colombo and have offices in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. 24 January 2013
Insurance
Record losses on the scale experienced by the industry in 2011 could occur as regularly as every 15 years, risk modelling business AIR Worldwide has claimed in a report. What is more, the industry should brace itself for losses on a potentially even greater scale. 23 January 2013
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