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The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is entering a new phase of innovation as investors seek new risks and issuers seek innovative solutions that are beyond the means of traditional reinsurers to deliver. 11 September 2017
Insurance
Reinsurers have shown good discipline in the last two years, which is acknowledgement of just how tight margins have been. But the industry is also showing a growing interest in covering emerging risks, something that is necessary if the so-called protection gap is to be closed. 11 September 2017
Alternative Risk Transfer
The potential impact of the insurtech revolution on the risk transfer industry is likely to live up to the hype, as more companies invest in the sector. 11 September 2017
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A significant transition has taken place in the approach to reinsurance buying strategies, as the focus has evolved from one geared almost exclusively towards capital protection to one which is increasingly encompassing the broader requirements of volatility management and earnings control. 11 September 2017
Insurance
Regardless of how Brexit turns out, the logistics of what needs to be achieved by regulators in the relatively short period of time leading up to the UK’s departure from the EU are mind-boggling, with the challenges of EU-based insurers accessing the UK easily overlooked. 11 September 2017
Insurance
As interest and investment in the insurtech sector rapidly grows, many executives increasingly believe that what was once considered hype around this sector’s potential to transform re/insurance will now become a reality. 11 September 2017
Insurance
Flaspöhler, part of NMG Consulting, conducts an annual, global survey of brokers and insurance executives to illustrate reinsurers’ competitive positioning and concerns. Here, we reveal the top challenges for insurance executives in EMEA. 11 September 2017
Alternative Risk Transfer
The recent issuance of a new cat bond by the World Bank Group’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) covering natural catastrophes in Mexico, demonstrates the further maturity of the ILS sector and an increasing willingness by governments to use this form of risk transfer. 11 September 2017
Insurance
The insurtech revolution will have a massive impact on the primary insurance market and has the potential to shrink the business available to reinsurers, Christian Mumenthaler, the chief executive of Swiss Re, told Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2017
Insurance
Reinsurers forced to increase their reserves in the wake of recent changes to the Ogden formula in the UK—the discount rate used for personal injury claims in the UK—could look to pass these costs on to their cedants by increasing rates on some lines of business, Mark O’Riordan, group reinsurance director at Ecclesiastical, told Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2017
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