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Insurance
Boston-headquartered Liberty Mutual Insurance is rebranding its Liberty International Underwriters (LIU Canada) and Ironshore Canada units as Liberty Mutual Canada. 14 September 2018
Insurance
Validus Specialty has expanded its product suite with the launch of crisis management insurance solutions in the US, and appointed Jane McCarthy to lead the development of the new portfolio. 14 September 2018
Insurance
China Re, China’s biggest reinsurer, will acquire speciality insurer Chaucer from its parent The Hanover Insurance Group for $950 million in a deal that gives the buyer a solid foothold in both the speciality markets and in Lloyd’s. 13 September 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Hannover Re expects the recent uptick in M&A activity to be followed by further deals, but also to result in higher reinsurance demand, Michael Pickel, Hannover Re executive board member, told Monte Carlo Today. 12 September 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) capabilities are increasingly becoming a coveted asset as re/insurers aim to be able to access different forms of capital, Stephan Ruoff, CEO of Tokio Millennium Re (TMR), told Monte Carlo Today. 12 September 2018
Insurance
In association with Swiss Re, Monte Carlo Today conducted a survey of senior industry executives ahead of and during the conference. 10 September 2018
Insurance
As consolidation continues, the majority of re/insurance professionals think that M&A will change the reinsurance landscape, according to an online survey carried out by Intelligent Insurer ahead of this renewals season. 10 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
Insurance
The recent new wave of consolidation has shown a further trend towards more companies operating so-called hybrid business models, whereby they write both insurance and reinsurance. Such a model can generate useful synergies, but it is also one of many factors driving consolidation, Torsten Jeworrek, member of Munich Re’s Board of Management, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
American International Group (AIG) CEO Brian Duperreault is in the process of reducing volatility of the company’s portfolio and insurance-linked securities (ILS) capabilities acquired through the Validus takeover are expected to help to reach this goal. 6 September 2018
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