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Bermuda remains at the forefront of the ILS market as it evolves: HSBC

Bermuda remains the global leader in the ILS space. Helen Goonewardene, vice president, business development at HSBC Securities Services, Bermuda, told APCIA Today why.   21 October 2019

Insurance

Attracting the best people

As it moves closer to celebrating 100 years in business in 2020, independent reinsurance broker Holborn is investing in the future. The firm’s Peter Beckman explains to APCIA Today how bringing in the best talent will ensure its success.   21 October 2019

Insurance

Transitioning US market means opportunities: Swiss Re

The US market is in a period of transition, and Swiss Re is helping its primary insurance clients navigate this changing environment by helping them plug gaps in coverage and open up new opportunities, Keith Wolfe, president of US property & casualty, told APCIA Today.   21 October 2019

Insurance

Direct model better than broker model on transactional, commercial lines

Small, transactional, commercial lines business in the US will increasingly adopt a direct-to-insurer business model, cutting brokers out of the loop, in the same way personal lines business has evolved.   21 October 2019

Insurance

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group focuses on profit over growth

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, which is owned by a charity, Allchurches Trust, has seen stable underwriting performance and strong investment returns so far this year.   21 October 2019

Insurance

Unpredictability a growing concern for business, finds QBE 

Research by QBE Business Insurance empirically proves the world is getting more unpredictable. The QBE Unpredictability Index finds that the world has become more unpredictable over the last 30 years, with economic and business factors the principal drivers of uncertainty over the last decade.   21 October 2019

Insurance

Alt capacity expected to dominate conversations at Baden-Baden

Alternative capacity and its effect on the market is expected to dominate conversations at this year’s Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting, according to an Intelligent Insurer reader survey ahead of the event.   21 October 2019

Insurance

Munich Re Syndicate sees ‘significant’ rate increases for insurance

Most lines of business in Munich Re Syndicate’s portfolio are seeing rates increase and, in some cases, a quite significant increase, according to Dominick Hoare, the syndicate’s group chief underwriting officer.   21 October 2019

Insurance

Modernisation and associated costs the ‘biggest challenge’ for London Market: BLM 

The main challenges in the re/insurance market are modernisation and the associated costs, according to Damian Cleary, partner and head of London Market at BLM.   21 October 2019

Insurance

Reinsurers will struggle with profitability, warns Fitch

Credit fundamentals will continue to reflect intense pricing competition and low investment yields, limiting profitability in the reinsurance sector.   21 October 2019

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