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Re/insurers must make it their priority to better understand cyber risk and absorb more of this liability—serving a vital role for society and generating growth for the industry in the process, Doris Höpke, member of Munich Re’s board of management, told Baden-Baden Today. 24 October 2018
Insurance
As carriers reassess their priorities and refocus on making underwriting profits, the use of technology and data science will become key to achieving this, and give companies with these capabilities an advantage, Pina Albo, chief executive of Hamilton Insurance Group, told Baden-Baden Today. 24 October 2018
Insurance
Lloyd’s may appear to be leading the way on championing underwriting discipline, but all re/insurers should charge an appropriate price and also be disciplined on the terms and conditions they offer, Robert Wildbore, director of reinsurance at Ed Broking, told Baden-Baden Today. 24 October 2018
Insurance
Macro sector trends such as rising yields and claims inflation will form the background for the next phase the re/insurance markets will enter, David Flandro, global head of analytics at JLT Re, told Baden-Baden Today. 24 October 2018
Insurance
The German life insurance market is heavily under pressure in terms of profitability, but this represents a great opportunity to provide finality to portfolios by using run-off as a strategic tool, Robert Buchberger, managing director at Pro Germany, told Baden-Baden Today. 24 October 2018
Insurance
From its home market in Central Europe, VIG Re is expanding in Continental Europe taking advantage of its low cost base, Johannes Martin Hartmann, its chief executive, told Baden-Baden Today. 24 October 2018
Insurance
With more alternative capital coming into play, there is greater pressure on the reinsurance sector—but the key is to use it to their advantage, Ali Karakuyu, lead analyst, director, at S&P Global Ratings, told Baden-Baden Today. 24 October 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
New risk transfer products using structures underpinned by the capital markets and particularly the insurance-linked securities (ILS) community have represented the industry’s key source of innovation in recent years, Brian Secrett, chief underwriting officer at Tokio Millennium Re (TMR), told Baden-Baden Today. 24 October 2018
Insurance
E+S Rückversicherung, a subsidiary of Hannover Re which writes German reinsurance business, said it expects positive premium development in the German market for the upcoming round of treaty renewals at January 1, 2019, albeit at a somewhat more muted pace than in the previous year. 24 October 2018
Insurance
Property loss activity has been benign in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in the past five to six years, benefiting insurers and reinsurers—but this should not mean rate decreases, Christian Kreutzer, head of market underwriting CEE at Swiss Re, told Baden-Baden Today. 24 October 2018
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