News
News
While proposed reforms to the regulations governing reinsurers in India could make it easier for foreign players to launch operations in India, their implementation will not necessarily facilitate the speedy creation of a reinsurance hub in the country – as some commentators have claimed. 5 February 2013
Awards
The importance of being able to speak to quality, experienced people and establishing long-term personal relationships were some of the biggest themes that shone through in the final week of our Global Survey. 3 July 2013
News
Having given up on reinsurance in recent decades, some large insurers have had a change of heart as they seek diversification and the access to the capital markets which reinsurers have developed in recent years. Is their bet that they can handle these volatile risks—and that their shareholders will back them—a risky one? Intelligent Insurer investigates. 14 May 2018
Insurance
Governments play the role of reinsurer of last resort in many instances, whether it be through a formalised risk-transfer system or simply because they have no choice. But where such entities begin to stray out of their home markets, things can get interesting, as Intelligent Insurer discovers. 14 September 2015
Insurance
Andres Avila, associate and Alex Guillamont, director at Kennedys Latin America & Caribbean discuss the positives for Latin America derived from the impending Solvency II legislation in Europe. 17 December 2014
Insurance
The Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous offers re/insurance executives the chance to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing their industry. Intelligent Insurer pulls together some of main points of those discussions. 1 October 2011
Insurance
A mixture of economic incentives and new regulation has brought change to the US excess and surplus lines market. We ask which companies won and lost in 2010, and who will gain in 2011. 1 September 2010
Alternative Risk Transfer
With the UK government looking to attract more ILS vehicles to London, the market is wondering exactly what it’s trying to achieve. Katherine Coates and Ashley Prebble, partners at Clifford Chance, cast an eye over what’s happening. 15 December 2016
Insurance
XL Group has finalised a deal that sees it buy Catlin for $4.1 billion. The new entity, to be known as XL Catlin, will boast some $10 billion of total net premiums, more than $3 billion of net reinsurance premiums and make it one of the ten biggest reinsurance groups globally. 9 January 2015
Awards
Respondents to the Global Awards Survey, currently being conducted by the team at Intelligent Insurer, have been focusing heavily on innovation in the industry, a recent analysis of the data compiled so far has revealed. 29 May 2013
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