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We want profits for our partners: Aspen
While he would never wish to overpay for reinsurance, Stephen Postlewhite, chief executive officer of Aspen Insurance and the former CEO of Aspen Re, says he prefers to form long-term, sustainable partnerships with reinsurers which are profitable for both parties.   10 September 2017
Insurance
Hurricane Harvey shows lack of awareness of flood risk
Unless there is an appreciation of looking at flood risk more holistically and using some of the science-driven solutions available, the industry will continue to be surprised by increasingly intense rainfall episodes such as those seen with Hurricane Harvey, Jay Guin, chief research officer at AIR Worldwide, told Monte Carlo Today.   10 September 2017
Insurance
Cyber tops reinsurers’ concerns for first time
Cyber risk has topped the list of concerns for reinsurers for the first time, reflecting the anxieties around underwriting a risk that’s constantly changing and the rising threat to reinsurers themselves, according to a new report by PwC.   10 September 2017
Insurance
Monte Carlo Survey: How can innovation enable our industry to be more resilient?
In association with Swiss Re, Monte Carlo Today conducted surveys of senior industry executives ahead of and during the conference. Their responses to various questions will be published in the daily newsletters.   10 September 2017
Insurance
London ILS could be a game-changer
New UK regulations designed to enable an insurance-linked securities (ILS) market in the London Market could have the potential to be a game-changer for parts of the ILS markets but much still depends on how the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) adopts and embraces the concept, with the regulator having the potential to make or break the market.   10 September 2017
Insurance
Rating risks loom as reinsurers’ returns drop below cost of capital
A mix of further declining rates, low investment returns and unsustainable reserve releases could push the return on equity of the reinsurance sector below the cost of capital and trigger a rating review, according to S&P Global Ratings.   10 September 2017
Insurance
Offshore jurisdiction status may strengthen London post-Brexit
London’s position as a reinsurance hub could be strengthened in the medium to long term if the UK government and regulators come to terms with London becoming an offshore jurisdiction again, Peter Allen, partner at Moore Stephens, told Monte Carlo Today.   10 September 2017
Insurance
Harvey will reflect what reinsurers have learned since 2005
The record-breaking level of rainfall from Hurricane Harvey—combined with potentially high losses from Hurricane Irma—will help determine what, if anything, the market has learned since the 2005 hurricane season, the last time several major hurricanes made landfall.   10 September 2017
Insurance
The importance of capital optimisation
As capital optimisation becomes ever more important to insurers, reinsurers can help them implement today’s sophisticated techniques for managing capital more efficiently, says Marco Sordoni, chief executive of UnipolRe, in an interview.   10 September 2017
Insurance
Creating data you can trust
Big data holds great potential for re/insurers, but only if they can validate and thus rely on it, Frank Fortunato and Kunal Patel of CATEX tell Monte Carlo Today.   10 September 2017

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