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Insurance
Against a backdrop of intense competition and deep rate cuts on some lines of business, many reinsurers are pondering diversification as they seek growth. Intelligent Insurer pulls together some of the strategies proposed during the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous. 20 October 2014
Reinsurance
The re/insurance industry is increasingly being told to innovate by senior executives who know what they’re talking about. But how serious is the situation, and what are the true downsides to maintaining the status quo, asks Intelligent Insurer. 1 November 2012
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Reinsurers find themselves with excess capital in a landscape that “looks more like 2007 than 2008”, according to Guy Carpenter, which predicted overall rate decreases in the property catastrophe reinsurance market. 1 October 2010
Reinsurance
The growing concentration of power among the ‘Big Three’ brokers is not beneficial for the industry, Rod Fox, TigerRisk’s CEO, tells intelligent insurer. 16 July 2013
Alternative Risk Transfer
Brian Tobben, chief executive officer of Aspen Capital Markets, takes a closer look at the capital markets’ return requirements for catastrophe risk. He suggests that as the Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) market matures investor return targets for catastrophe risk will be primarily driven by long term average corporate bond spreads. 24 March 2016
Insurance
Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has made Paul Dali chairman of its board of directors. Dali, a venture capitalist who has previously backed a number of highly successful technology companies, had already served as an advisor to the board for the past year. In addition to Dali, Dr Gerald Held, a corporate director on numerous technology company boards and a former Silicon Valley software executive, joins the RMS board as an independent director. And Dominique Trempont, an executive and board member with a focus on cloud and new media, also joins the board. 6 March 2013
Insurance
The tentative agreement between the UK government and the insurance industry on how the risk of flooding at high risk properties will be covered has been cautiously welcomed by the industry. But some suggest the scheme is misguided. 3 July 2013
Alternative Risk Transfer
As ILS continue to grow as an asset class, Kathleen Faries, CEO, and Susan Lane, senior vice president, head of business development and client services at Tokio Solution Management, explain how this form of risk transfer is changing the market. 25 March 2015
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Pressures on reinsurers from a number of directions could force boards to review their strategic priorities, resulting in more M&A activity and potentially a burgeoning run-off market. 1 November 2013
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Alastair Speare-Cole, chief executive officer of JLT Re, says that the acquisition of Towers Watson's reinsurance brokerage business would represent the fulfillment of one of his main objectives set by group CEO Dominic Burke when he joined JLT Re. 30 October 2013
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