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Some of the industry’s most influential companies including Lloyd’s of London, Allianz, Aon Benfield and Guy Carpenter have joined forces on a project that could revolutionise the way risk models are used by the industry. 29 January 2014
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Private equity firm KKR will acquire majority ownership of Sedgwick Claims Management Services for approximately $2.4 billion. 28 January 2014
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The Cincinnati Insurance Company, one of the biggest 25 insurance companies in the US, has completed a $100 million cat bond that transfers the company’s risks associated with earthquakes on a per-occurrence basis, as well as severe convective storm losses on an aggregate basis. 27 January 2014
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Kinesis Capital Management, the capital management division of Lancashire Holdings, has now started underwriting fully collateralised reinsurance business on behalf of Kinesis Reinsurance I, a Bermuda domiciled special purpose insurer, the company has revealed. 23 January 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
The insurance industry appears to be close to establishing a solution, likely to use a structure similar to that used in insurance-linked securities (ILS), which would mean much better insurance coverage for the Philippines. 22 January 2014
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Achmea Reinsurance Company, the Dutch reinsurance group that mainly manages the reinsurance risks of the wider Achmea group, has completed the first indemnity cat bond that transfers Europe windstorm risk into the capital markets for a European insurance sponsor. 22 January 2014
Insurance
The growth of insurance-linked securities (ILS) helped Guernsey increase the number of insurers licensed on the island last year. 22 January 2014
Insurance
Aon has appointed Michael Wolf as vice president and chief counsel – corporate. He will provide legal counsel on corporate and transactional matters. He will also be responsible for the management of all corporate transactions on a global basis. He will report to Peter Lieb, executive vice president and General Counsel of Aon. 21 January 2014
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The majority of reinsurance buyers demanded bespoke contracts in the recent renewals as, leveraging the fierce competition in the market, many drove a hard bargain with reinsurers negotiating better terms and conditions in contracts 10 January 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
QBE Insurance Group has completed a $250 million cat bond which is the first such deal to cover Australian perils for a primary insurance company on an indemnity basis. 8 January 2014
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