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Bermuda-based Somerset Reinsurance has increased its common share capitalisation to $375 million, having secured investments from three strategic investors including Hannover Re and a diverse group of high net worth investors.   24 October 2016
Insurance
A depletion of loss reserves in the industry will drive a slowdown in rate reductions and stabilisation in the US reinsurance market as it heads into 2017, Steven Levy, president of the reinsurance division, Munich Re, US, told PCI Today.   24 October 2016
Insurance
While the US election will inevitably dominate conversations at industry conferences at the moment, the rhetoric should focus less on the person being elected and more on the trend prevalent in the US and globally of protectionism and nationalism.   24 October 2016
Insurance
As traditional lines remain challenging for re/insurers, diversifying into US mortgage credit business can offer lucrative growth opportunities, Joe Monaghan, executive managing director, Aon Benfield tells PCI Today.   24 October 2016
Insurance
Harrington Re, the new reinsurance venture by AXIS and alternative asset manager Blackstone, which raised $600 million in July this year, has been warmly received by potential clients so far as it moves into its first renewals, Jay Nichols, the chief executive of AXIS Re, told PCI Today.   24 October 2016
Insurance
The emergence and growth of the so-called sharing economy is presenting insurers with challenges and opportunities as they attempt to grasp the way the risks they are covering might be changing, experts from ISO Solutions, a Verisk Analytics business, have warned.   24 October 2016
Insurance
US re/insurers mulling a launch in the UK or Europe are stuck in limbo thanks to the uncertainty created by the UK’s vote to the leave the EU and the impasse before negotiations even start, Andrea Best, partner at law firm Drinker, Biddle and Reath, told PCI Today.   24 October 2016
Insurance
Improvements in the availability of event loss data for Australia could encourage the use of insurance-linked securities (ILS) by insurers in the country—something that would also offer ILS investors much-needed diversification in the risks they are able to invest in.   24 October 2016
Insurance
PartnerRe has refocused its business model globally and also tweaked the structure of its North American business since it was acquired by Italian investment company Exor last year. All its changes will benefit clients, Greg Haft, executive vice president and head of global cat and head of property North America P&C at PartnerRe, told PCI Today.   24 October 2016
Insurance
Renewable energy sources are playing a bigger and increasingly important role in the energy market, making this sector increasingly attractive to insurers, Mike Bernay, managing director and CEO at energy specialist underwriter PERse, part of the Ryan Specialty Group, told PCI Today.   24 October 2016

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