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Alternative Risk Transfer
Eduard Held, head of sales and products for PERILS AG, considers the factors behind the continued dominance of US perils for ILS, and explores what is needed for the market to expand into other territories and risks. 23 April 2015
Insurance
Against a backdrop of intense competition and deep rate cuts on some lines of business, many reinsurers are pondering diversification as they seek growth. Intelligent Insurer pulls together some of the strategies proposed during the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous. 20 October 2014
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Pressures on reinsurers from a number of directions could force boards to review their strategic priorities, resulting in more M&A activity and potentially a burgeoning run-off market. 1 November 2013
News
Gunther Saacke, the chief executive officer of Q-Re, the reinsurance subsidiary of Qatar Insurance Company (QIC), believes the unique ownership and capital structure of the reinsurer can offer cedants much-needed diversification on their panels away from the “vagaries of Wall Street”. 27 February 2013
Insurance
As the re/insurance industry struggles to turn good ideas into tangible innovation, one solution could be investing in ideas and ventures in the same way as a venture capital fund, James Berkeley, managing director of Ellice Consulting, tells Intelligent Insurer. 14 December 2015
News
Insurers and brokers who come to Malta must occupy office space and employ local staff, rather than ‘just have a brass plate on a door to take advantage of the tax environment’. 22 May 2012
Insurance
In June, Swiss reinsurance broker Reunion held its fourth annual round table discussion—this year in St Petersburg, Russia. The 2014 discussion focused on the coverage of engineering and construction risks in Russia. What follows is a snapshot of a part of the discussion which focused on construction and erection risks and delayed start-up coverage. 3 November 2015
Alternative Risk Transfer
The recent catastrophe bond issuance by insurer Zurich demonstrated the growing appeal of these vehicles as a risk transfer mechanism for insurers and reinsurers and also to investors increasingly willing to participate in more complex risks. 7 January 2013
News
While reinsurers and brokers discuss the return of a market cycle most buyers just want a quiet life with no surprises—assuming they don’t feel underinsured in light of the recent hurricanes or cyber losses that have the potential to cause them sleepless nights. Intelligent Insurer reports. 18 October 2017
Reinsurance
As the reinsurance industry endures some of the most fundamental changes in its history, Intelligent Insurer asked ten leading industry CEOs their views about five key trends currently changing the face of the re/insurance industry, starting with consolidation. 3 August 2015
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