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Insurance
Axis Capital has seen its net income drop in the first quarter of 2017 as the reinsurance underwriting profit plummets. 27 April 2017
Insurance
Deal volumes in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are likely to be lower this year as merger activity takes a break because the industry is focusing on developing strategies and rebalancing portfolios in line with Solvency II rules. But there are many reasons to believe that activity is going to pick up again soon. 6 October 2016
Awards
We polled our readers and carried out independent research to compile our list of winners of the Intelligent Insurer European Awards 2012. Here, we present the results. 1 October 2012
Insurance
Swiss Re expects to benefit from “very significant growth” potential by setting up a new hub in Singapore but is shrinking the business elsewhere to protect profitability. 4 May 2017
Insurance
The abundance of alternative capacity that has entered the reinsurance industry in recent years will stay and may well prove of significant benefit to buyers. 12 June 2013
Insurance
Global insurers expect insurtech growth to threaten their revenues, according to a PwC survey. 29 June 2017
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Both profits and growth dipped at Italian insurer Generali in the first quarter as the company blamed a more disciplined underwriting approach in its life business and a lower investment result due to its policy of reducing realised gains. 11 May 2017
News
Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe has seen its combined ratio deteriorate in the first quarter of 2017 due to the change of the personal injury Ogden discount rate in the UK and higher personal claims. 3 May 2017
News
Swiss Re is seeking opportunities to grow its life reinsurance business as it shrinks its property/casualty operations, waiting for the soft market to ease. 4 August 2017
Alternative Risk Transfer
A number of innovative deals have transformed the potential of longevity swaps to help defined benefit pension schemes to manage longevity risk. Here, Stewart McLaughlin, Willis Management (Guernsey), explains the nature of the advance and what it might mean for this form of risk transfer. 17 December 2015
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