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The increasing presence and competitive nature of global insurers in the Latin American insurance markets has served to actually decrease the market’s potential for reinsurers as an increasing portion of premiums are being retained by these groups or placed through bigger international reinsurance deals. 12 November 2013
News
Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings has announced that Jerome Faure will join the company on March 11 as CEO of global reinsurance. He will be responsible for Endurance’s North America, Bermuda and international reinsurance operations. Most recently, Faure was a partner in ILS Capital Management in Bermuda focused on insurance linked securities, industry loss warranties and collateralized reinsurance. Prior to that, he served as director and chief underwriting officer for Tokio Millennium Re. He started his career at Scor. 27 February 2013
Insurance
Many European mutuals are feeling uneasy about the repercussions of Solvency II. Intelligent Insurer investigates some of the potential challenges faced by mutuals as they comply with the new regime and some of its unintended consequences. 1 October 2011
Alternative Risk Transfer
Providing multi-tranche catastrophe bonds gives large re/insurers the risk:return profiles they are most comfortable with, as Cory Anger, global head of ILS Structuring at GC Securities*, describes. 13 September 2014
Insurance
As the current low yield environment is expected to persist, insurers have been seeking ways to generate higher yields, and sub-investment grade bonds may fit the bill, says Simon Richards. 8 September 2013
Alternative Risk Transfer
Risk modelling agency RMS’s new US wind model triggered downgrades to many catastrophe bonds. Peter
Nakada of RMS Risk Markets examines the logic behind this and how investors have reacted to the situation. 1 November 2011
Reinsurance
The insurance and reinsurance markets of Latin America present opportunities for innovative domestic carriers and international players alike. 1 October 2012
Insurance
As the implementation of Solvency II finally approaches, one worried actuary wrote to us expressing some deep concerns about its implementation. We then asked our online readers if they agreed or disagreed with the piece and why. What follows is the original letter and some of the responses we received. 6 July 2015
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