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Alternative Risk Transfer
While alternative capital is here to stay, the industry could well experience a significant reset in rates if cracks in reserves widen and this combines with a big catastrophe loss, says Weston Hicks, the president of Alleghany, who also explains to Intelligent Insurer why his business is ready to benefit from such a scenario. 29 March 2017
Insurance
The run-off sector is a substantial market. In a survey this year, PwC estimated that a staggering €220 billion of discontinued non-life liabilities is held on the books of European insurers alone. Intelligent Insurer investigates the potential effects of Solvency II on this sector. 16 July 2013
Insurance
New products based on technology and data are increasingly being brought to market, while claims processes are being sped up through technologies such as blockchain, freeing up capabilities for new services, according to panellists at an Intelligent Insurer roundtable sponsored by S&P Global Ratings at October’s Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting. 10 December 2017
Insurance
Reinsurers should not be worrying about if and when the soft market will end—instead they should be focused on innovation and cycle management during the prolonged downturn, Torsten Jeworrek, member of the Board of Management at Munich Re, tells Intelligent Insurer. 20 October 2016
Insurance
After a spate of big deals and with consolidation in the re/insurance industry showing little sign of slowing, Intelligent Insurer examines the different ways the success—or failure—of a merger or acquisition may be judged in its aftermath. 21 December 2016
Insurance
With Solvency II rewarding diversification in insurers, many have taken advantage of portfolio transfers to group together what were previously different businesses, thus reducing capital charges. Intelligent Insurer takes a look at the implications. 1 June 2012
News
Following its publication earlier this year, the results of the fifth quantitative impact study (QIS5) have been met with a mixed reaction. 1 June 2011
Reinsurance
An influx of new capacity into the industry is nothing new—but this particular wave could force some reinsurers to change course, says Torsten Jeworrek, chairman of the reinsurance committee at Munich Re. 1 September 2013
Insurance
Swiss Re’s recent announcement that it will invest $500 million in businesses and assets related to long-term infrastructure deals will likely represent just the start of a growing trend of other insurers and reinsurers doing the same thing, according to the reinsurer. 18 December 2012
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