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Insurance
As Denis Kessler quietly celebrates 10 years at the helm of SCOR, he reflects on the remarkable turnaround he instigated at the company, ponders future opportunities and tells II that one of his biggest concerns now is that Solvency II will never be implemented. 1 October 2012
Insurance
Lloyd’s is exploring the possibility of issuing insurance-linked securities (ILS) using new regulations that will allow them to be issued from the UK to protect the market, Inga Beale, chief executive of Lloyd’s, told Monte Carlo Today. 13 September 2017
Reinsurance
Industrial construction is a relatively new risk that is increasingly being insured in Russia. In the second part of a roundtable discussion the finer points of insuring this risk, including the clauses that determine maximum coverage limits, were debated. 1 October 2011
Insurance
S&P Global’s capital model data on its global reinsurer cohort shows a very significant capital buffer to absorb cat losses. But ratings could still fall following a bad cat year, as Stuart Shipperlee, head of analysis at Litmus Analysis, explained to PCI Today. 29 October 2018
Insurance
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company’s ¥634.7 billion (£3.4 billion) deal to acquire Amlin Insurance is a deal driven by both economic conditions in Japan and pressures on the global re/insurance market and could work for both parties. 8 September 2015
Insurance
Paul Schultz, the chief executive of Aon Securities, has hit back at the assertion that brokers are facilitating the continuing soft market by putting their own interests in front of those of their clients and keeping rates suppressed. 27 October 2015
Insurance
It is targeting a top 10 reinsurance spot on a global basis but GIC Re understands that, especially in continental Europe, reinsurance is a long-term relationship-driven game. Lucky then that the Indian company is itself a long-haul player and will be patiently awaiting any opportunities, says Alice Vaidyan, chairman-cum-managing director of GIC Re. 23 October 2016
Awards
Securing first place with a score of 200, Catlin Re took top spot for reinsurance company of the year with GWP of less than $2 billion based on the methodology explained below. 14 September 2014
Insurance
As India opens its market to international reinsurers, major foreign players are applying for licences to take advantage of the country’s strong growth potential. But they will encounter a fairly soft market with prices likely to depreciate further due to the additional inflow of capacity, and a paramount state-run competitor, experts believe. 13 October 2016
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