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HIM transformed the insurance landscape in 2017
The natural catastrophes which struck North America represented the most important development in the non-life re/insurance sector in 2017, according to executives interviewed by Intelligent Insurer for our year-end questionnaire.   29 December 2017
Insurance
Insurers will seek to pass on rate hikes
The implications of retro and reinsurance rates moving from a soft to a hard market and how fast such increases could be reflected by cedants in their own tariffs on a direct basis will be the main talking point at SIRC this year, according to Laurent Montador, deputy CEO of CCR Re.   31 October 2017
Insurance
Recent cat losses could make ILS collateral more attractive
In the wake of recent US nat cat losses, the perceived value of insurance-linked securities (ILS) collateral over a rated “promise to pay” model will rise if reinsurers have failed to use modelling and retrocession to better manage their tail risks, according to Willis Towers Watson’s Q3 ILS market update.   25 October 2017
Insurance
Rate hikes unlikely: Caribbean cat facility
Notwithstanding the nat cat events of 2017, the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) is confident that its balance sheet is adequately set up to absorb the risk of high payouts in years of multiple extreme events, Isaac Anthony, CEO of CCRIF, told Baden-Baden Today.   25 October 2017
Insurance
Chaucer boosts marine team
Lloyd’s insurer Chaucer has expanded its marine practice with the addition of Lonham Insurance Underwriters, a specialist cargo and freight liability underwriting team.   16 October 2015
Insurance
Weak regulators can give whole captive sector a bad reputation
The increasing number of captive domiciles in the US – with around 40 states now adopting some form of legislation – is good for the industry, giving prospective captive owners more choice and keeping the older domiciles such as Vermont, South Carolina and Hawaii on their toes.   8 August 2017
News
Federated National decreases its reinsurance spend in Q2
Federated National Holding Company lowered its reinsurance spend in the second quarter of 2017; the decrease was mainly due to the expiration of a Florida-only property quota share but the company did buy additional excess-of-loss reinsurance.   8 August 2017
Insurance
Mexico buys ILS coverage for first time since 2012
Mexico’s Fund for Natural Disasters (FONDEN) has returned to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets to secure coverage against natural catastrophes for the first time since 2012.   7 August 2017
Insurance
Casualty remains tough but pockets of opportunity will emerge
The casualty market in the US remains competitive for reinsurers, with rates still very soft in several lines of business and loss trends increasing. But there remain pockets of opportunity and rate decreases will likely slow in the aftermath of the recent hurricane losses.   16 October 2017
News
Positive stock prices have been buoyed by “good luck” AM Best warns
Stock prices for publicly traded reinsurance companies increased moderately during 2015 and remained well above the overall market with just two of 18 selected companies experiencing negative stock price movement, according to a new AM Best report focused on reinsurance companies’ stock performance in fourth-quarter 2015.   13 April 2016

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