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With yet more regulation set to be imposed on the industry, including plans by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) to develop a global insurance capital standard, Intelligent Insurer rounds up the choicest comments from industry executives expressing their feelings on the matter. 4 August 2014
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Data breaches are inevitable and can create overwhelming liabilities. Businesses managing this risk should have a clear understanding of their insurance coverage profile and where cyber insurance fits into the picture. Laura Geist and Douglas Scullion, partners at law firm Dentons, explain. 4 August 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
In June Munich Re was forced to pull the plug on its latest catastrophe bond issuance. While the reasons are not completely clear, this event still represents a defining moment for the ILS markets, as Intelligent Insurer discovers. 4 August 2014
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French reinsurer SCOR posted a 35 percent rise in Q2 profits, benefiting from the low-loss environment. 31 July 2014
Insurance
The jury is out on whether capital market investors will ultimately find ways of taking on substantial amounts of casualty risk in the same way they have with catastrophe risks but either way there is already a knock on effect on pricing in this market. 26 June 2014
Insurance
The real winners in what is a rapidly changing reinsurance industry facing severe “headwinds” will be those players large enough to easily move capital to the most profitable lines while being able to cope with the growing cost and constraints of increased regulatory burdens. 26 June 2014
Insurance
Greater concerns of counterparty credit risk driven by rating agencies and regulators will benefit mid-tier reinsurers as cedants rationalise their buying panels, according to Albert Benchimol, chief executive of AXIS Capital. 25 June 2014
Insurance
While global insurance hubs such as London (including the Lloyd’s market) and Bermuda remain at the forefront of innovation for the industry, times are changing and the location of people’s desks is less important than it once was. 25 June 2014
Insurance
Speakers at the International Insurance Society’s annual event gave what amounted to a damning indictment of plans by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) to class some reinsurers as being systemically important to the global economy. 25 June 2014
Insurance
Panellists clashed on whether the reinsurance industry will remain cyclical in its pricing or whether a more fundamental structural shift is taking place at a debate held at the International Insurance Society’s annual conference in London yesterday (Tuesday June 24). 25 June 2014
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