Mapfre Re to expand range & remit
A restructure within the Mapfre Group will allow reinsurance unit Mapfre Re to expand its range of products and remit, Eduardo Perez de Lema, chief executive officer and chairman of the management committee of Mapfre Re, told Baden-Baden Today.
Open source platforms will drive insurtech forward: BMS
Broker BMS is looking to collaborate with its suppliers and insurers to ensure it maximises the potential of insurtech solutions, and it has set up a new unit dedicated to achieving this, Adam Stafford, the chief operating officer of BMS Group, told Baden-Baden Today.
UnipolRe’s new capital management tool to empower buyers
UnipolRe has tapped into a gap in the market by developing a new capital management tool designed to empower buyers, as the firm’s Simon Wigzell explains to Baden-Baden Today.
India: a land of opportunity
India remains a land of opportunity for reinsurers—but those that collaborate and innovate will benefit the most, says Devesh Srivastava, general manager of GIC Re.
Credit & political risk to grow
Driven by an appreciation of the benefits of diversification and a search for healthier rates, many insurers have shown a growing commitment to the credit and political risk space in recent years, creating more choice for clients as a result. This has been widely supported by reinsurers.
Brexit’s shadow over renewals
The uncertainty around the nature of UK’s departure from the EU is causing re/insurers to protect themselves against whatever the worst-case scenario might be, as they prepare for the January 1 renewals, according to Mike Van Slooten, head of market analysis, Aon Benfield.
Europe a challenging environment for small reinsurers
A growing number of larger insurers in Europe have restructured their reinsurance programmes whereby they place centralised multi-risk covers through global broker programmes—a trend that has made life tougher for smaller reinsurers.
Reinsurance is now an execution market: PartnerRe
It’s too early to assess the impact of Hurricane Michael on the re/insurance industry, Charles Goldie, chief executive officer of property & casualty at PartnerRe, told Baden-Baden Today.
Fear over jobs may turn marine rates: Sompo
Lloyd’s profitability review could act as a catalyst to turn rates in the marine market—but larger insurers not part of the market could find it harder to achieve rate increases because of wider client relationships, Adrian Poxon, head of global specialty reinsurance, Sompo International, told Baden-Baden Today.
Insurers offering M&A insurance more than triple
The growth in the use of insurance for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) has created greater opportunity and cost-savings for all stakeholders. According to Aon’s M&A and Transaction Solutions: Risk in Review report released ahead of Baden-Baden, M&A insurance has changed the way deal professionals distribute risk and how insurers view the risk.
