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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
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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
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
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
Reputation, client services, innovation and sheer size have all proved popular among the 2013 Global Awards Survey nominees but, as the survey enters its final week, raw talent remains one of the most important qualities cedants seek in their business partners. 26 June 2013
Awards
While innovation and the ability to be responsive to clients’ needs are often highly valued qualities within a rapidly changing reinsurance industry, sheer size and financial strength are also qualities still considered critical by many buyers. 19 June 2013
News
HSBC, and its 62 percent owned subsidiary Hang Seng Bank, have agreed to sell their general insurance businesses in Hong Kong, Singapore, Argentina and Mexico. 9 March 2012
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