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Striking a hard bargain: re/insurers react to COVID-19

The re/insurance market is hardening, that is now a given. During virtual Monte Carlo 2020, industry professionals shared their thoughts on how this hardening market will play out and how the impacts of COVID-19 will feed into this ever shifting picture.

Re/insurers face better rates and disruption in 2018

After an eventful 2017, Intelligent Insurer questioned 16 senior executives representing all corners of the re/insurance industry about their highs and lows of 2017 and their wishes for 2018. Here, we reveal their responses to the question: what will be the biggest developments or topics you expect to be prominent in the industry in 2018, and why?

Looking back at a tumultuous 2017

The year 2017 has been marked by an unusually strong hurricane season in the US but also a number of significant regulatory changes such as the Ogden discount in the UK with significant consequences for the motor re/insurance industry. Intelligent Insurer asked re/insurance executives what the most important moments/developments were in the re/insurance industry in 2017.

What are your New Year’s resolutions for 2018?

After an eventful 2017, Intelligent Insurer questioned 16 senior executives representing all corners of the re/insurance industry about their highs and lows of 2017 and their wishes for 2018. Here, we reveal their responses to the question: what are your New Year’s resolutions for 2018—and how will you stick to them?

What's on your Christmas list this year and why?

After an eventful 2017, Intelligent Insurer questioned 16 senior executives representing all corners of the re/insurance industry about their highs and lows of 2017 and their wishes for 2018. Here, we reveal their responses to the question: what's on your Christmas list this year and why? 

When the floods came

In the winter of 2015-16 there were unprecedented levels of flooding across the north of the UK, with thousands of homes and businesses affected. Intelligent Insurer investigates the issues of modelling, flood defences and some possible implications for insurers.

To boldly go …

Eduard Held, head of sales and products for PERILS AG, considers the factors behind the continued dominance of US perils for ILS, and explores what is needed for the market to expand into other territories and risks.

Eye of the storm

Blown off course

While the quality of the data available and the sophistication of risk modelling has improved in recent years, the industry must still absorb some hard lessons on European windstorm risks and also consider alternative means of risk transfer, says Eddy Vanbeneden.