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As the US braces for Hurricane Irma, the re/insurance industry is preparing itself for the fallout from what could be one of the most costly losses to hit the industry in decades—and the big question is how alternative capital providers will react if losses escalate.   10 September 2017
Insurance
Flood losses triggered by Hurricane Harvey, which struck Texas at the end of August, are likely to push up the debt of the US National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and affect its reauthorisation set for the end of September, Matt Reid, managing director of JBA Risk Management USA, told Monte Carlo Today.   10 September 2017
Insurance
The ‘counterfactual analysis of historical events’—scenarios that could have happened but have not—is an important tool not only for the assessment of uncertainty and disaster preparedness, but also for catastrophe insurance risk management, such as the estimation of the probable maximum loss.   10 September 2017
Insurance
In a highly competitive environment, brokers need to harness the powers of innovation, client centricity, agility and diversification to stay on top, says Dimitris Tsesmetzoglou, CEO of Matrix Brokers at Lloyd’s, in an interview.   10 September 2017
Insurance
Some executives running managing general agents (MGAs) should be prepared for the potential effect on their own businesses of losses from the series of hurricanes that have hit the US and the Caribbean—even if they have no direct exposure to the area.   10 September 2017
Insurance
Indian reinsurer GIC Re is preparing to launch an IPO. Chairman-cum-managing director Alice G Vaidyan explains the reasons behind it and the company’s plans for the months ahead to Monte Carlo Today.   10 September 2017
Insurance
The increased regulatory burden that has been imposed on insurers in recent years, exacerbated by Solvency II, has continued to prompt many smaller players to convert from being fully fledged insurers to become managing general agents (MGAs).   10 September 2017
Alternative Risk Transfer
Hurricane Irma is expected to cause much higher insured losses than Hurricane Harvey and may result in a capital event for re/insurers, said a report published Sept. 8 by S&P Global Ratings.   9 September 2017
Insurance
Direct Line Insurance Group has appointed Penny James as chief financial officer and executive director on its board, effective Nov. 1.   9 September 2017
Insurance
With total economic losses estimated to reach tens of billions of dollars at the minimum, Harvey is likely to become one of the costliest natural disasters on record, according to Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team Impact Forecasting.   9 September 2017

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