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Alternative Risk Transfer
Whole portfolio ILS firm Vario targets fund raising in 2017
Vario Global Capital, the venture unveiled just before the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous in 2015, which has been working on developing a ‘whole portfolio’ insurance-linked securities (ILS) product as a capital management tool for insurers, intends to open its first fund to investors in 2017, its founding partner told Monte Carlo Today.   11 September 2016
News
Credit analysts are more interested in M&A rationale than scope
While a merger or acquisition (M&A) can seem an appealing prospect to small and medium-sized reinsurers grappling with challenging market conditions, the rationale behind such a deal and its execution will both be critical to the way analysts at rating agencies view it.   11 September 2016
Insurance
Matrix seeks growth in Iran
Robert Easton, head of Treaty UK and head of Iran, Matrix, talks with Monte Carlo Today about the growth opportunities he sees in Iran.   11 September 2016
News
Soft market could go on longer and deeper than feared: S&P
The global reinsurance market is facing unfavourable conditions from a wide range of headwinds—and they could last much longer than many reinsurers feared, according to S&P Global Ratings.   11 September 2016
News
Reinsurers are living on borrowed time, with losses inevitable: S&P
S&P Global Ratings expects the reinsurance sector’s financial performance to deteriorate in the coming quarters. Nevertheless, an accumulated capital cushion may keep it going—at least for a while.   11 September 2016
News
Ecclesiastical looks long term but won’t dismiss reductions
Against a backdrop of unrelenting market pressures on reinsurers, including an elongated soft market and increased competition for business on all fronts, Mark O’Riordan, head of group reinsurance at Ecclesiastical, is seeking stability and long-term relationships.   11 September 2016
Reinsurance
AM Best affirms UnipolRe ratings
Rating agency AM Best has affirmed the ratings of UnipolRe, the reinsurer launched last year by UnipolSai Assicurazioni.   10 September 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
MS Amlin and Leadenhall unveil two cat bonds
Re/insurer MS Amlin has launched two cat bonds, based on risks in funds managed by Leadenhall Capital Partners, in a bid to appeal to a wider set of clients.   10 September 2016
Insurance
The spectre of pricing pressure
While rates are showing signs of flattening out, the soft market is far from over and reinsurers are having to make tough choices on retaining market share versus protecting profits. Intelligent Insurer reports.   10 September 2016
News
A year of growth and landmarks
Marco Sordoni, the chief executive of UnipolRe, the Dublin-based reinsurer backed by Italian insurer UnipolSai Assicurazioni, gives Monte Carlo Today the lowdown on what the company has achieved since its launch 12 months ago, and its plans now.   10 September 2016

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