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The uncertain economic environment globally is making corporate clients set greater store by insurers that can offer financial strength and stability. In particular, buyers are seeking insurers with a strong balance sheet and a good rating.   30 January 2013
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Litmus Analysis, the specialist insurance analytical and advisory boutique, has hired former Morgan Stanley managing director Dominic Skeet, who joins the firm as a senior consultant. His appointment will improve the company’s expertise in relation to the banking sector, Litmus said.   30 January 2013
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Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has launched a new entity that will operate as a local reinsurer in Brazil. Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Resseguros Brasil (AGCS Brazil) will be headed up by Angelo Colombo and have offices in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.   24 January 2013
Alternative Risk Transfer
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) do not pose a significant threat to traditional reinsurers, despite increasing competition within the market.   18 January 2013
News
OIM Underwriting, a subsidiary of Arthur J Gallagher, has announced the launch of its e-Underwriting division.   15 January 2013
Alternative Risk Transfer
In the long term, hedge fund-backed reinsurers are more likely to become niche providers of capacity in the market, rather than mainstream players.   11 December 2012
Insurance
The re/insurance industry is too reliant on catastrophe models and needs to take greater responsibility for judging its own risks, says S&P.   5 December 2012
Insurance
Many insurers and reinsurers remain unaware of the potential consequences of changes that rating agency S&P’s is making to its insurance rating criteria – despite the fact that the adjustment could have serious ramifications for them in 2013.   3 December 2012
Insurance
Despite its reinsurance bill trebling since 2010, Ian Simpson, the chief executive of New Zealand’s EQC, says he remains impressed by the way international reinsurers have responded since devastating earthquakes hit the country in 2010 and 2011.   27 November 2012
Insurance
While many insurers have repurchased shares in recent years, P&C insurers might more effectively deploy capital through a multi-asset class investment strategy, says Jared Klyman at GSAM Insurance Asset Management.   1 November 2012

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