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Alternative Risk Transfer
US-based property/casualty insurer Travelers has increased its catastrophe bond coverage to take advantage of the favourable pricing environment while reducing traditional reinsurance purchase, Travelers chief financial officer Jay Benet said during the second quarter 2018 conference call. 23 July 2018
Insurance
Insured catastrophe losses in the third quarter of 2017 could exceed $100 billion and become the costliest in history, according to an Oct. 3 Morgan Stanley research note. 4 October 2017
Insurance
Willis Towers Watson has made a series of senior appointments to newly-created roles in its North America corporate risk and broking (CRB) business. 4 October 2017
News
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Bijan Daftari as country manager for Germany, based in Munich. 16 January 2017
Insurance
Mergers and acquisitions grew 9 percent in the global insurance sector in 2018 as insurers looked to increase their access to customers and innovation, and benefit from greater scale, according to a Clyde & Co report out today (Monday 11 February). 11 February 2019
Insurance
As UK’s Prime Minister Theresa May signs the letter that will formally begin the UK's departure from the European Union, the insurance industry is expected to accelerate its plans to adapt their business and move operations in order to be able to service their clients within the European Union. 29 March 2017
Insurance
Headline-grabbing mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the reinsurance sector may do little in themselves to help firms cope with the harsh reality of falling prices and low investment returns, increasing the risk that acquisitions will not generate the value investors anticipate long term, Fitch Ratings has warned. 13 September 2015
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
Insurance
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Didier Bélot as the head of South East Asia, based in Singapore. 23 November 2017
Operational Risk
Certain businesses continue to see falling turnover as a result of pandemic-related shutdowns and restrictions. Now, another court case has offered insurers greater hope that judges will support their position that not all business interruption claims should be paid. Intelligent Insurer investigates. 18 August 2020
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