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Rising interest rates won’t, on their own, improve reinsurers’ operational earnings, and that they will is a common myth that needs to be dispelled—or at least better understood—by the industry, Stuart Shipperlee, head of analysis at Litmus Analysis, told Baden-Baden Today. 22 October 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Parametric cat bonds can help the countries of South Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Commonwealth of Independent States as well as Turkey (ECIS) close the protection gap associated with natural catastrophe risk, Kirill Savrassov, chief executive officer of Phoenix CRetro, a niche Bermudian ILS specialist, told Baden-Baden Today. 22 October 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Bermuda will “keep on keepin’ on” and doing what it is doing when it comes to insurance-linked securities (ILS), says Greg Wojciechowski, chief executive officer of the Bermuda Stock Exchange. Here he looks back at 2018 and forward to 2019 as the jurisdiction continues to work hard to develop and keep its solid platform. 19 December 2018
Insurance
In order to reduce the $15.5bn protection gap in Europe, Swiss Re is bringing together representatives from the insurance industry, stakeholders from the EU Commission, the EU Parliament and other public sector organisations, and the academia to discuss examples of successful natural catastrophe schemes globally and see what learnings could be transferred to Europe. 8 June 2017
Insurance
In the annual Intelligent Insurer roundtable in Baden-Baden in association with S&P Global Ratings, senior executives from reinsurers, brokers and buyers debated how the buying landscape is changing in Europe and what the definition of innovation in reinsurance should be. 24 October 2016
Insurance
The re/insurance industry has not historically been as attractive a career choice to young people as other financial services sectors such as banking or fund management, but that is changing. As part of a wider feature available online, Intelligent Insurer speaks to 40 young executives—all under 35—who are making waves in the industry. 25 April 2016
Insurance
A new EU framework on recovery and resolution for insurers is not required, because Solvency II already provides strong safeguards. However, a degree of convergence on certain issues may be beneficial, according to Insurance Europe, the European insurance and reinsurance federation. 6 March 2017
Insurance
The trend for companies in Asia-Pacific to seek cyber insurance and for more carriers to enter the cyber market will continue, with ever broader coverage, said Andrew Bart, chief executive officer, Asia-Pacific, Crawford & Company. 12 October 2016
Insurance
London-based Barbican Insurance Group has appointed Michael McGeown as a marine liability underwriter. 5 January 2016
Insurance
Bruce Carnegie-Brown is to become the chairman of Lloyd’s following a meeting of the Council of Lloyd’s where his appointment as successor to John Nelson was approved unanimously. 20 February 2017
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