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Relief on hurricane losses ‘somewhat pyrrhic’ for reinsurers
While a lack of severe or market-changing losses as a result of some of the recent hurricanes including Hurricane Matthew will be a relief to many of the reinsurers attending Baden-Baden this week, this cannot mask the more fundamental challenges they face, Clive O’Connell, partner, head of insurance and reinsurance at law firm McCarthy Denning, told Baden-Baden Today.   23 October 2016
Insurance
Solvency II amps up talks on capital
The implementation of Solvency II has accelerated the trend of insurers focusing on reinsurance as a capital management tool and many are keen to form deeper relationships with certain reinsurers with this in mind, Jay Nichols, the chief executive of AXIS Re, told Baden-Baden Today.   23 October 2016
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Politicians have moral duty to plug the protection gap
While the re/insurance industry is correct to see potential for growth in emerging risks such as cyber, a far greater opportunity exists if it can find a way to plug the growing protection gap that exists in relation to a risk it is far better at handling: catastrophe risk.   23 October 2016
Insurance
Data work continues amid the M&A thunder and lightning
Megadollar deals between reinsurers happen between the gods up on Mount Olympus, but down here we’re focused on how to get better data into transaction systems, says Frank Fortunato, chief executive of CATEX.   23 October 2016
Insurance
IAIS capital standards may mean more onerous requirements
Ongoing efforts by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) to devise an international set of capital standards will require a delicate balancing act between the re/insurance industry and local regulatory bodies and jurisdictions, Brad Kading, president of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR), told PCI Today.   23 October 2016
Insurance
JLT Re hires managing director for Indonesia
JLT Re has appointed Graeme Harley as managing director at PT JLT Re Indonesia.   21 October 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
ILS market is safe from hurricanes
The insurance-linked securities market won’t be badly hit by the sudden surge in hurricane activity in recent weeks, according to Paul Schultz, chief executive officer at Aon Securities.   20 October 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
The lazy days of summer
Tom Johansmeyer, assistant vice president, reinsurance services, marketing at ISO/Verisk Insurance Solutions, takes a look at the ILS market after a quiet summer.   20 October 2016
Insurance
Munich Re's Jeworrek: Stop praying for a hard market
Reinsurers should not be worrying about if and when the soft market will end—instead they should be focused on innovation and cycle management during the prolonged downturn, Torsten Jeworrek, member of the Board of Management at Munich Re, tells Intelligent Insurer.   20 October 2016
Insurance
Solvency II: an era of greater risk-driven management
Solvency II creates an environment for greater risk-driven management of the re/insurance companies doing business in and with Europe, say Andrew Cox, Matthew Eagle and Eddy Vanbeneden of Guy Carpenter.   19 October 2016

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