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Azur, a managing digital agent (MGA), has completed its series B funding round, raising £13.3m of funding and support from AIG, Ascot Group (owned by CPPIB, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board), Hyperion Insurance Group and the serial fintech angel and entrepreneur Richard Little. 23 October 2018
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Many cedants are further reducing the size of their reinsurance panels while also rebalancing their reliance on some of the bigger, more influential reinsurers, within them, Jörg Bruniecki, head of global client & broker management at PartnerRe, told Baden-Baden Today. 23 October 2018
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The protection gap in Europe remains large in many countries—but this is where growth can be generated for reinsurers as governments look to solve this challenge, as Claudia Cordioli of Swiss Re tells Baden-Baden Today. 23 October 2018
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Against a backdrop of consolidation and change among global reinsurers, focused regional players can reap the rewards and offer cedants something they cannot find elsewhere: strong local knowledge and expertise, argues Fuad Kuliyev of Az Re. 23 October 2018
Insurance
The recent wave of consolidation in the industry is being driven partly by re/insurers acknowledging their high costs and attempting to reduce them, increasing profitability in the process, Matthew Wilken, president of Argo Re, told Baden-Baden Today. 23 October 2018
Insurance
Although consolidation over the past five years has considerably reduced the potential pool of partners, the pressure on re/insurers to engage in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) remains strong, and companies with strong third party capital management positions are seen as particularly attractive targets, Catherine Thomas, senior director of analytics at AM Best, told Baden-Baden Today. 23 October 2018
Insurance
Trust Re is focusing on its long-term partnerships and stresses that it has the full support of shareholders as it looks to address a recent downgrade by AM Best, Sinisa Lovrincevic of Trust Re, tells Baden-Baden Today. 23 October 2018
Insurance
Consolidation and clients potentially buying less coverage are the two biggest worries of delegates travelling to Baden-Baden, according to an online survey carried out by Intelligent Insurer ahead of this renewals season. 23 October 2018
Insurance
As consolidation reduces the choice of reinsurance brokers, privately-owned Lockton is reaping the rewards of offering a real alternative and is enjoying strong growth as a result, the firm’s Mark Waterkeyn tells Baden-Baden Today. 23 October 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
End investors, ILS funds, and buyers – the three groups active in ILS – have predominantly weathered 2017 loss activity with a view that reinsurance products backed by ‘alternative’ capital have become mainstream, according to a new Global ILS Market Survey by Willis Towers Watson. 22 October 2018
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