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Insurance
Bermuda-based Axis and PartnerRe have pledged to return $750 million to company shareholders following the proposed merger. 2 June 2015
Insurance
The casualty market in the US remains competitive for reinsurers, with rates still very soft in several lines of business and loss trends increasing. But there remain pockets of opportunity and rate decreases will likely slow in the aftermath of the recent hurricane losses. 16 October 2017
Alternative Risk Transfer
Despite a multitude of other catastrophes in 2018, the single biggest loss event for reinsurers was so-called loss creep from 2017’s Hurricane Irma. Dirk Lohmann of Schroders examines what went wrong and what the industry must learn. 28 February 2019
Insurance
European specialty run-off insurer DARAG added some €299 million of new business to its portfolio last year, it has revealed, increasing its liabilities under management increase by 388 percent. 25 January 2016
Insurance
Ensurance said July 10 that its newly-created managing general agency has entered into a partnership agreement with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and XL Catlin, and received Lloyd's coverholder status for its UK operations. 10 July 2017
Insurance
The over-regulation of some markets is the hottest topic in Asian insurance at present, Alamgir Kabir senior vice-president of the Asian Reinsurance Corporation, told EAIC Today. 13 October 2016
Reinsurance
Analytical firm Litmus Analysis examines the ratings of the wide range of reinsurance carriers in North America using a unique methodology to establish their average ratings. Here, Stuart Shipperlee, partner at Litmus, describes some of the chart’s findings. 27 November 2014
Insurance
China’s reinsurers are set to grow only hesitantly abroad and to enjoy the safety of home turf instead, helped by a supportive government. 12 October 2016
Insurance
Validus Holdings has hired Gary Tiepelman as senior vice president of Western World Insurance Company. He will open and manage an office in Scottsdale, Arizona, for Western World, and will commence writing business in January 2016. 10 November 2015
Insurance
Reinsurers—especially those writing long-tail quota share business—should pay much closer attention to the financial health of their cedants or face what could be dire consequences if that insurer goes out of business. 11 September 2017
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