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Insurance
The bigger so-called tier 1 reinsurers will be the winners in what is a rapidly changing reinsurance landscape, Martyn Street, senior director in insurance at Fitch Ratings, told Baden-Baden Today. But he also stressed that consolidation was far from a silver bullet for companies seeking greater scale. 19 October 2015
News
Troubled Tower Group International, which was downgraded last year following the revelation of a substantial shortfall in its reserves, has agreed to merge with ACP Re, a privately-owned Bermuda reinsurer. 7 January 2014
Reinsurance
Re/insurers’ approach to their investment portfolios varies significantly depending on their position in the market and backers. They are increasingly being forced to take a more holistic approach to this part of the business and also consider the wider implications of how their cash is invested. Intelligent Insurer investigates. 3 July 2019
Insurance
The soft market will continue into 2015 unless a big catastrophe loss occurs in the final quarter of 2014, David Flandro, global head of strategic advisory at JLT Re, told Baden-Baden Today. But more interesting questions exist—not around pricing but potential structural changes in the sector, he said. 21 October 2014
News
For all the discussion of alternative capital entering the marketplace, the fundamentals of being successful in the reinsurance business remain the same, says Art Raschbaum, chief executive officer of Maiden Holdings. 20 October 2013
Insurance
Everyone is hoping that the outbreak of COVID-19 will be contained as swiftly as possible, with many countries advising precautionary measures, such as lockdown, for a minimum of 12 weeks to protect the vulnerable. The re/insurance industry can expect to feel the effects of this pandemic well beyond that. Intelligent Insurer reports. 30 March 2020
Insurance
Broker Lockton has appointed Mark Randall as a senior vice president. He will be based in the Dubai International Finance Centre and focused on growing Lockton’s MENA operations. 3 April 2014
Insurance
An increase in foreign exchange volatility in the second quarter of 2016, enhanced further by the surprising result of the UK’s EU referendum vote, has distorted the performance of re/insurance companies during the period. Making more use of hedging for foreign exchange risk could ease such distorting effects from companies’ profit and loss accounts, experts claim. 26 August 2016
Insurance
As high-profile cases of cyber attacks increasingly splash across the front pages of newspapers worldwide, it seems that the tipping point has come for cyber insurance, according to a panel of experts speaking at this year’s IIS event in London. 25 June 2014
Insurance
Updates have been made to the treatment of securitisations under Solvency II. John Loughrey of GR-NEAM examines the implications for insurers. 5 May 2015
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