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Why breakthrough cyber ILS deals will benefit policyholders

Two cyber ILS deals were launched in January in a watershed moment for the market. Here, a panel of experts debate what this new source of capacity for cyber risks could mean for this line of business and end policyholders.   26 January 2023

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Hannover Re, Swiss Re, SCOR most at risk in prolonged soft market

Some of the world’s biggest reinsurers will be hardest hit by a prolonged soft market if an analysis of ratio of reserves to premiums is conducted, according to analysts at CreditSights.   30 September 2016

Insurance

Industry must get better grip on flood risk across Europe

The re/insurance industry must get a better handle on flood risk in Europe, which remains underestimated and underinsured, Michael Pickel, member of the executive board of Hannover Re responsible for target markets in P&C reinsurance, told Baden-Baden Today.   23 October 2018

Insurance

Guy Carpenter signals ambitious plans for European business

The reinsurance broker has unveiled a string of senior appointments and hires from Hannover Re and SiriusPoint.   22 May 2023

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Hannover Re places €500m bond

Hannover Re has raised €500 million in the capital markets through a subordinated bond.   9 September 2014

Insurance

With no cycle, reinsurers must raise the baseline of rates

Reinsurers must learn to manage prices in a more holistic way across the portfolio with a higher baseline in terms of what they will accept by way of a response to the disappointing increases in the aftermath of the 2017 catastrophe losses, Axel Freiboth, managing director, North America at Hannover Re, told PCI Today.   29 October 2018

Insurance

Moody’s sees inflationary push-back to hard market reinsurance margins

European Big 4 - Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re & SCOR – may not see much loss ratio relief.   22 March 2023

Insurance

ILS can help cover cyber risk

Getting the capital markets involved in the coverage of cyber risk would be helpful to cover this peril, Hannover Re CEO Ulrich Wallin said during a press conference during the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous.   12 September 2018

Insurance

The computer virus: COVID-19 is driving a boom in insurtech and it might be only just beginning

There remains plenty of scope for further growth if insurers can harness their data, an Intelligent Insurer panel found.   15 July 2021

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Hannover Re’s Gräber dies aged 62

Hannover Re’s long-serving executive board member Jürgen Gräber passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Nov. 9, 2018, at the age of 62.   12 November 2018

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