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The use of blockchain is already having a very positive effect on many parts of the industry, but cryptocurrencies must stabilise and solve challenges around privacy before they can play any meaningful role, David Edwards, CEO of ChainThat, told Monte Carlo Today. 12 September 2018
Insurance
Buyers are seeking hard answers and assurances from carriers in relation to any potential fallout from the UK’s departure from the EU, Steve Hearn, group chief executive officer of broker Ed, told Monte Carlo Today. 12 September 2018
Insurance
It’s very easy for the market to be critical of Lloyd’s, which undoubtedly has cost challenges, but a mixture of new technologies, capital-efficient portfolios and a more bullish attitude towards pricing can help syndicates adapt. 12 September 2018
Insurance
Against an industry backdrop of slim underwriting profitability, slim investment returns and a stymied ability to release reserves, all of which are true for Lloyd’s syndicates at the moment, carriers must look more closely at how they access capital—and how they work their own capital, Eric Paire, head of Capital Advisory at Aon Benfield, told Monte Carlo Today. 12 September 2018
Insurance
Automation in the commercial insurance space has taken longer to evolve than in personal lines because the data is less homogenous, but the pace is now accelerating and technology is set to transform the job of underwriters, as Intelligent Insurer finds out. 11 September 2018
Insurance
AXIS Re plans to fundamentally change its offering by becoming more client-focused, offering bespoke, structured, reinsurance deals and expanding its footprint in Asia. By doing this, and making other changes, it is targeting becoming a top 10 reinsurer, Steve Arora, chief executive of AXIS Re, told Monte Carlo Today. 11 September 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Pool Re is looking to issue insurance-linked securities (ILS), having exhausted traditional reinsurance capacity, Pool Re CEO Julian Enoizi, told Monte Carlo Today. In April 2018, it selected GC Securities as its ILS advisor and placement agent. 11 September 2018
Insurance
The ongoing profitability review at Lloyd’s is a good thing and very much welcome, in the eyes of Pina Albo, chief executive, Hamilton Insurance Group, who told Monte Carlo Today that anything designed to improve the profitability of the market should be embraced. 11 September 2018
Insurance
The potential of blockchain has been the subject of much debate in the reinsurance world, but it is about to bring concrete benefits to early adopters, says David Edwards of ChainThat. 11 September 2018
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TransRe, the reinsurance arm of Transatlantic Holdings and a wholly owned subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation, is planning a subsidiary in Luxembourg as it looks to restructure and bolster its presence in the European Union. 10 September 2018
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