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Alternative Risk Transfer
Paul Schultz, CEO at Aon Benfield Securities, talks to Intelligent ILS about short-term cat bonds, ILS transparency and trading in the secondary market. 28 May 2015
News
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has granted Swiss Re a licence to operate in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). 2 April 2012
News
Cedants have become smarter and more challenging in their demands around risk transfer solutions, believes Ludger Arnoldussen, member of the board of management of Munich Re. It is thus becoming increasingly important for reinsurers to offer bespoke solutions suited to individual clients’ requirements. 20 October 2014
Insurance
The International Underwriting Association (IUA) has elected Malcolm Newman as its new chairman. Newman is managing director of SCOR’s London Hub. He takes over from Stephen Riley, executive director at Global Aerospace, who has led the association for the past seven years. 27 June 2013
Insurance
Ill-disciplined underwriting in the soft market is building up a store of problems and potential legal disputes, which will only manifest when market conditions eventually improve and reinsurers feel they again have the leverage to dispute questionable claims. 21 October 2014
Insurance
The board of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed Tidjane Thiam to be the association’s next chairman. 28 June 2012
Insurance
Broker Lineslips, the practice whereby insurers or reinsurers delegate their underwriting authority to a broker on business that they had traditionally placed in the open market, can be disruptive to the market as a whole. 9 September 2013
Insurance
Insured catastrophe losses in 2015 were below average, according to a new report by Guy Carpenter, despite the year being one of the strongest El Niño periods on record. 22 March 2016
News
The quietest US Atlantic hurricane season in decades will lead to a low double-digit fall in related catastrophe reinsurance pricing in the key 2014 renewals, says Fitch Ratings. 3 December 2013
Alternative Risk Transfer
Rapid growth in the ILS sector has led to concerns that when a major catastrophe occurs, investors will face unexpected losses leading to panic and a rush of funds out the market, says Jay Patel, insurance analyst at business information service Timetric. 18 February 2016
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