Alleghany boss warns of cracks in P/C model; alternative capital ‘monster’ may not pay claims

Weston Hicks, the president of Alleghany Corporation, which owns TransRe, has said that cracks are starting to appear in the foundations of the property/casualty industry and stressed that the so-called alternative reinsurance markets remain untested in the aftermath of a big loss warning that the industry may have created a monster.