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Reinsurance
Pandemic-related losses are large but reinsurers look to have avoided the worst with a combination of financial discipline and the arrival of a hard market. Will efforts to inoculate themselves against the pandemic in H1 continue to be effective into the second half of the year, and how will it affect the wider market? Intelligent Insurer speaks to Robert Mazzuoli, director at Fitch Ratings, to find out more. 26 August 2020
Insurance
The global reinsurance market remains challenged by various market forces that will continue to shape the landscape over the near term. The recently announced acquisition of Validus Re by AIG is just the latest chapter in the evolution of the traditional reinsurance model, where specialty focused businesses seek shelter as part of a significantly larger globally diversified enterprise. 2 February 2018
Insurance
Beazley enjoyed strong growth overall in the first nine months of 2017 but its reinsurance division shrank as the company reduced it because of continued rate decreases – a trend it expects to reverse on cat business, at least, because of the recent heavy losses in North America. 9 November 2017
Insurance
A number of representative bodies and Lloyd’s have welcomed the announcement by the Bank of England that it will allow EU banks and insurers to operate normally in the UK post-Brexit and is undertaking a review of its authorising and supervision policies for international firms. 21 December 2017
Insurance
The insured property losses caused by the earthquake which hit Central Italy on August 24 is expected to be €34 million, as estimated by catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS. 5 October 2016
Insurance
Verisk, the data analytics provider, has launched a new personal lines flood insurance programme, which is designed to make flood coverage more widely available to homeowners anywhere in the contiguous US. 12 January 2018
Insurance
Aviva is increasing its payout ratio target as part of a performance update to investors. 6 July 2016
News
Swiss Re believes it can insulate itself from downwards pressure on rates in the reinsurance market by offering clients value-added services such as data, technology and expertise, head of reinsurance Moses Ojeisekhoba, told Intelligent Insurer. 8 October 2018
Insurance
Berkshire Hathaway has registered an underwriting loss for its insurance operations as the retroactive reinsurance agreement with AIG weighs on results. 7 August 2017
Insurance
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has partnered with the insurance authority of United Arab Emirates to establish an education programme in Abu Dhabi to boost professionalism in the UAE insurance sector. 13 March 2017
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