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Against a backdrop of high expense ratios, attritional losses and underperforming business, the Lloyd’s market had its worst year in 2017 since the 1990s, according to Stonybook Capital’s first edition ‘Property & Casualty Insurance Review’. 10 September 2018
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Economic recovery in Latin America is slowly improving the growth outlook for reinsurers in the region, but strong competition is expected to exert pressure on rates and earnings, Patria Re CEO Manuel Escobedo, told Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2018
Insurance
Rate increases have tapered off since the January 2018 renewal, with lower, single-digit rate increases in the June and July renewals, according to Megan McConnell, director of underwriting London at Hiscox Re & ILS. 10 September 2018
Insurance
John Neal is “as good a bet as any” to take on the “toughest job in insurance” according to market observers speaking in reaction to the revelation just before the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous that he will take the reins at Lloyd’s. 9 September 2018
Insurance
Given some of the headlines and predictions of big rate hikes in the aftermath of the 2017 cat losses in the US, most buyers will be pleased with what remains a relatively stable environment for rates as they head to Monte Carlo, Mark O’Riordan, group reinsurance director at Ecclesiastical, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) are expanding into new perils following investors’ appetite, and London might benefit from this growth potential following the introduction of a new regulatory framework, Jean-Louis Monnier, Swiss Re Capital Markets global co-head of ILS, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Insurance
Some lines of business hit by severe losses such as the wildfires this year have already seen substantial rate increases—but this is the exception rather than the rule, Adam Szakmary, director of underwriting, Bermuda, at Hiscox Re & ILS, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Insurance
The spectre of consolidation could play an important role in some negotiations during the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous this week, Nick Frankland, the UK chief executive of Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions business, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Insurance
If the UK leaves the EU without a deal and the European regulators refuse initial Solvency II equivalence, European cedants could lose access to elements of the London reinsurance market, Peter Allen, partner at Moore Stephens, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Insurance
Technology has the potential to make the insurance industry far more accessible—and grow its customer base in the process. But only if it can adjust quickly enough. 9 September 2018
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