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Q-Re, a subsidiary of Qatar Insurance Company (QIC), has hired eight experienced reinsurance professionals who, the company says, will spearhead its global expansion plans going forward. 21 November 2012
Insurance
With yet more regulation set to be imposed on the industry, including plans by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) to develop a global insurance capital standard, Intelligent Insurer rounds up the choicest comments from industry executives expressing their feelings on the matter. 4 August 2014
Insurance
The growth of the insurance linked securities (ILS) market in Bermuda has continued to exceed expectations – and the market’s innovation in the global risk transfer and risk financing marketplace as the reason for this. 10 September 2013
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
Alternative Risk Transfer
After a quiet start to the year, two new catastrophe bonds are being marketed that should take 2013 issuance to around $1 billion. Sources say investor appetite for these deals remains strong thanks to poor returns elsewhere in the financial markets while cedants remain appreciative of the diversity they offer. 19 March 2013
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
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
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
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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
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