Articles
Insurance
Asia offers great growth opportunities for insurers but Hong Kong as a re/insurance hub has been losing market share lately to other jurisdictions, particularly to Singapore. The former British colony will no longer be complacent and is implementing an action plan. 17 August 2017
Alternative Risk Transfer
2017 was a record-breaking year for ILS—and Bermuda again led from the front in terms of being both the domicile of choice for the special purpose vehicles issuing ILS and a hub of innovation for new structures and risks. 28 March 2018
Insurance
Global reinsurers are piling into India in search for growth, but this is likely to increase competition in an already soft market, according to experts speaking to Intelligent Insurer. 6 February 2017
Insurance
Theoretical insurance capacities in both the upstream and downstream oil and gas insurance markets have increased to the highest levels seen this century. 9 April 2014
Insurance
Litmus Analysis, the specialist insurance analytical and advisory boutique, has hired former Morgan Stanley managing director Dominic Skeet, who joins the firm as a senior consultant. His appointment will improve the company’s expertise in relation to the banking sector, Litmus said. 30 January 2013
Insurance
American International Group (AIG) has been loss-making for the last two years, but the reported 2017 net loss of $6.08 billion hides improvements on the operating side as a more in-depth look into the numbers reveals and CEO Brian Duperreault is working on getting the insurance giant back on a growth path. A changed reinsurance cover structure is also part of the plan. 22 February 2018
News
Despite recent losses, buyers seem to retain the upper hand in negotiations as we move into the renewals. On this basis, some are taking the opportunity to fine-tune their reinsurance programmes; others are even seeking rate decreases—Intelligent Insurer spoke to four of them for their take on the state of negotiations. 5 November 2018
Awards
In our survey of Europe’s market leaders, we asked our European readers to provide their opinions on the Continent’s leading players. Respondents were drawn from a host of companies from across the industry
and their answers provide a telling insight into the industry’s best. 1 October 2010
Insurance
Brit enjoyed some growth in the first quarter of 2013 driven by its direct insurance business. Its reinsurance unit, in contrast, shrunk slightly in what its CEO admitted remain difficult market conditions in property lines in particular. 13 May 2014
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