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Qatar Insurance (QIC) Group, which owns Qatar Re and Antares, posted improved profits for the first nine months of the year and solid growth driven by its reinsurance business. 24 October 2018
Insurance
The use of blockchain may help to overcome issues of trust between parties where there is a potential conflict of interest, and its use may even command a higher premium on contracts where the payment of a claim is automated, Magdalena Ramada Sarasola, senior economist at Willis Towers Watson, suggested to Baden-Baden Today. 22 October 2018
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Benoît des Cressonnières, chief executive officer of Euler Hermes Reinsurance, with responsibility for the company’s buying programme, says he is expecting a steady renewal with little change in pricing, despite some pressure from reinsurers for rate increases on the back of the 2017 catastrophe losses suffered by many global reinsurers. 22 October 2018
Insurance
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. 22 October 2018
Insurance
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. 22 October 2018
Insurance
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. 22 October 2018
Insurance
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. 22 October 2018
Insurance
UnipolRe, the Dublin-based reinsurer backed by Italian insurer UnipolSai Assicurazioni, has sent its largest ever team to Baden-Baden this year as it looks to consolidate the healthy growth it has enjoyed in the region. 22 October 2018
Insurance
Brokerage and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers has appointed Kevin Rabinowitz as head of placement strategy and carrier engagement for the firm's operations in North America and the UK. 28 March 2017
Alternative Risk Transfer
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) are expanding into new perils following investors’ appetite, and London might benefit from this growth potential following the introduction of a new regulatory framework, Jean-Louis Monnier, Swiss Re Capital Markets global co-head of ILS, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
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