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Insurance

Why hard markets are a relic of the past

There is no point bemoaning the lack of a truly hard market, for the reality could be that the industry’s cycle has flattened out for the long term, says Gerry Tighe at Matrix Insurance & Reinsurance Brokers.   12 November 2018

Insurance

Collaboration between IoT providers and insurers key to price cover

A collaboration between insurers and IoT service providers is key to enable companies to interpret the huge amount of data available, model and price risks more accurately.   23 June 2017

News

Peak Re poaches Guy Carp exec as head of analytics

Peak Reinsurance Company (Peak Re), the Hong Kong-based global reinsurer, has appointed Lawrence Cheng as head of underwriting, responsible for the company’s property and casualty product underwriting function and Iain Reynolds as head of analytics.   23 February 2016

Insurance

ArgoGlobal poaches Liberty Mutual exec for head of claims role

ArgoGlobal, the Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, has appointed Katie MacGregor as head of claims for ArgoGlobal.   16 February 2016

Insurance

Flood Re take-up more than doubles since launch

Flood Re, the UK Government’s scheme to pool flood risk, has revealed that the number of insurers signed up to support the scheme has more than doubled since its launch on April 4, 2016.   16 June 2016

Insurance

Swiss Re sees growing collaboration opportunities with insurers

Swiss Re sees growing opportunities to collaborate with primary insurers in the development of innovative products, growing its know-how and potentially gaining new business.   12 September 2017

Insurance

Irma loss comparable to Katrina/Sandy

The scale and complexity of the flood loss stemming from Hurricane Irma has the potential to be comparable to that from Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy.   12 September 2017

Insurance

The influences shaping future insurance M&A

Artificial intelligence and machine learning that leverage large legacy, and not so legacy, data caches are set to provide improved pricing accuracy for firms merging with or acquiring others, while Latin America and Asia offer fresh conquests for acquisitive firms. Intelligent Insurer investigates.   18 February 2020

Reinsurance

‘We’re not in business to subsidise stupidity,’ says Jim Stanard as he reflects on 50 years in risk

Industry legend and entrepreneur Jim Stanard reflects on his career and life in an interview spanning startups, mentors, the future of the market—and his other career in music.   16 March 2021

Insurance

Hyperion CFO departs; hires Towergate exec

The chief financial officer (CFO) of re/insurance intermediary Hyperion Insurance Group, Eric Fady, is set to step down.   1 July 2015

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