How Swiss Re’s iptiQ became greater than the sum of its parts
Going digital is never simple, especially for individual re/insurers, but Swiss Re’s digital insurance engine has developed a model that leverages its ecosystem of partners to achieve advances that individual firms may struggle to reach on their own. Intelligent Insurer speaks to Carl Christensen, Swiss Re chief executive officer at iptiQ EMEA L&H, to find out more.
Axis Capital sees mounting rate rises for renewals as market hardening continues
‘No COVID-19 impact on Q2 underwriting results’ but pandemic has hit investment income, firm reports.
Lockdown intensifies interest in AI-powered, touchless insurance
The pandemic has made touchless, streamlined insurance processes more important for policyholders and insurers than ever, says Jan Möhlmann, business development director for artificial intelligence (AI) specialist Tractable, ahead of a webinar on advances in this area.
Driving mid-market success through underwriting productivity
Insurers can make underwriting productivity a priority and drive tangible progress, as Richard Hartley of Cytora explains.
Meeting the cyber insurance challenge – head on
AkinovA hosted its first ‘Ask The Experts’ private event and Q&A evening in May, bringing together some of the insurance, forensics, capital markets, modelling and legal industries’ leading experts on cybersecurity. Bermuda:Re+ILS summarises some of the points made at the event.
SCOR absorbs pandemic hit in H1 2020 but says ‘it’s not over yet’
CEO Kessler says COVID-19 impact on reinsurer is ‘limited’ and points to a hardening market as ‘perfect’ conditions for SCOR to prosper.
Lloyd’s optimistic outlook for 2021 is catching, despite COVID-19 threat
As the historic market grapples with its transformation to greater digital use and the wide-ranging impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, its planned changes for business and capital in 2021 offer a degree of hope that is mirrored in the market’s apparent desire for £11 billion of new business. Intelligent Insurer reports.
In a COVID-19 world, will normal service ever be resumed?
COVID-19 disruption has been total, from mass home working to the rise of videoconferencing and the ongoing uncertainty over what is, or isn’t, allowed. How might insurers make the best of the recovery in a new reality that is still evolving? Intelligent Insurer reports.
Clarity in changing times: why Bermuda remains bullish in the aftermath of COVID-19
Bermuda’s response to tackling the COVID-19 crisis and remaining open for business has shown the island’s worth to CEOs and investors, says Bermuda Development Agency CEO Roland Andy Burrows ahead of a webinar on the topic.
Parametric insurance: plugging the gaps in business interruption cover
Gaps in SME business interruption cover have become a critical issue as the pandemic has wrought extensive trading disruption around the world. Alastair Speare-Cole, president and general manager of the Insurance Division of QOMPLX, outlines why parametric business is a powerful way to close some of these gaps.
