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Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPCIC) has expanded the top of its reinsurance tower for a single Florida event by $350 million to $3.00 billion as part of Universal Insurance Holdings’ 2018-2019 reinsurance programmes, effective June 1, 2018. 31 May 2018
Insurance
The inability of the reinsurance sector to materially raise rates after 2017's major catastrophe losses shows that the traditional catastrophe reinsurance business model is "permanently" impaired, which, along with other factors, should drive sustained consolidation, according to KBW analysts. 25 May 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Three experienced ILS executives including one of the founders of Hiscox-owned Kiskadee Investment Managers and a former managing director of RenRe-owned DaVinci Reinsurance have formed a new hedge fund-backed ILS venture, according to a May 16 Reuters report. 17 May 2018
Insurance
Credit risk insurance policies are likely to become more expensive and less readily available if regulatory changes proposed by the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are pursued, according to the International Underwriting Association (IUA). 16 May 2018
News
Having given up on reinsurance in recent decades, some large insurers have had a change of heart as they seek diversification and the access to the capital markets which reinsurers have developed in recent years. Is their bet that they can handle these volatile risks—and that their shareholders will back them—a risky one? Intelligent Insurer investigates. 14 May 2018
Insurance
US-based Boost Insurance, a technology-enabled insurance platform built to enable emerging insurtech startups, has secured a dedicated reinsurance facility led by investment manager Nephila, with participation from Markel Digital and RenaissanceRe. 10 May 2018
Insurance
The chief financial officer of Swiss Re has refused to deny that the reinsurer is in talks with companies other than SoftBank in relation to selling a stake in the company. 4 May 2018
Insurance
Italian insurance group Generali has increased operating results in its property/casualty (P&C) segment by 14.1 percent year on year to €528 million in the first quarter of 2018 due to improvements in the non-catastrophe loss ratio. 4 May 2018
Insurance
Fairfax Insurance Holdings, the re/insurance conglomerate which includes OdysseyRe, Allied World and Brit, posted stellar growth and big profits in the first quarter of 2018 though its growth was largely due to premiums from Allied World, which it acquired in July last year, being added for the first time. 4 May 2018
Insurance
TransRe helped boost the results of parent company Alleghany Corporation in the first quarter of 2018, though the company’s group CEO expressed disappointment that rate hikes in the reinsurance business were not higher following the high cat losses of 2017. 4 May 2018
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