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Insurance
Markel has “made a huge bet” in acquiring Nephila Capital based on an instinct of how the risk transfer landscape will change in the long term—but the company that emerges from the deal will be much greater than the sum of its parts, Jed Rhoads, president and chief underwriting officer, Markel Global Reinsurance, told Monte Carlo Today. 11 September 2018
Insurance
XL Catlin is eyeing growth and opportunities in emerging markets and Africa in particular as it leverages its new global structure announced last week, David Watson, chief executive, international, reinsurance, told Monte Carlo Today. 11 September 2018
Insurance
Asset manager Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM) has hired Simon Fascione, who previously held senior roles in Bermuda fund manager Aeolus and Lancashire Underwriting, as partner and chief investment officer for the Bermuda office. 11 September 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Eleven seasoned executives debated the industry’s response to the 2017 cat losses and how the relationship between ILS and traditional reinsurers continues to mature and evolve, at the annual Bermuda:Re+ILS roundtable in association with Markel Reinsurance held in Monte Carlo this week. 11 September 2018
Insurance
Alternative capital is driving a great deal of structural change in the market, and recent M&A activity may signal further deals, but the market continues to be heavily influenced by the global reinsurance leaders, according to Robert DeRose, senior director, global reinsurance ratings, at AM Best. 11 September 2018
Insurance
Florence has become a category 4 hurricane on Monday, Sept. 10 as it heads towards the US coast with maximum sustained winds near 195 km/h (130mph), according to the US National Hurricane Center. 10 September 2018
Insurance
The re/insurance industry is in a much worse position than its bosses will admit and many carriers will be cashflow negative by the end of 2019, industry veteran Stephen Catlin has warned, in an explosive interview in which he stressed that any executive running a public company could not risk highlighting this reality to investors. 10 September 2018
Insurance
An uptick in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is accelerating a trend whereby the traditional re/insurance value chain is being replaced by a broader risk ecosystem with less defined boundaries between players, Victor Peignet, CEO of SCOR Global P&C, told Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2018
News
Reinsurers increasingly set themselves apart by providing risk management and prevention expertise and services, Laurent Montador, deputy chief executive, CCR explains to Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2018
Insurance
For most traditional reinsurers a credit rating from one of the main agencies remains a business requirement. And in many markets that rating needs to be A- or higher, at least if the reinsurer is going to be shown the kind of business it really wants. 10 September 2018
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