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As the re/insurance sector faces another year of soft pricing environment in 2017, market participants fear that large losses could significantly hit profits, which have been protected by the benign cat environment in recent years. 27 December 2016
Insurance
Profits at Lloyd’s of London, the world’s specialist market for insurance and reinsurance, dropped significantly last year hit by both poorer underwriting and investment returns in a market its chairman described as “undeniably tougher than seen for many years”. 23 March 2016
Insurance
A period of intense mergers and acquisitions activity a decade ago has given rise to a number of dominant global players in the life insurance market. 1 June 2011
Alternative Risk Transfer
It appears investors have embraced a first of its kind catastrophe bond launched by American International Group (AIG) structured to provide just six months of coverage to the insurer. 23 May 2015
Insurance
Earlier this week, Arthur J Gallagher (AJG) sent a private memo to its staff telling them to avoid placing business with Towergate Underwriting. 28 November 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
In June Munich Re was forced to pull the plug on its latest catastrophe bond issuance. While the reasons are not completely clear, this event still represents a defining moment for the ILS markets, as Intelligent Insurer discovers. 4 August 2014
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Poor investment results hit the performance of the Lloyd’s Market in the first half of 2013 – but the market still grew overall and remains a very attractive proposition for investors. 16 October 2013
Insurance
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has opened an office in Johannesburg, following the licensing of its subsidiary Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Advisors South Africa as a financial services provider. 23 February 2015
Insurance
The aim of Solvency II is to provide policyholders with greater security. However, many life insurers worry that the new rules will make it harder, not easier, for them to achieve stability. Intelligent Insurer investigates why. 1 June 2012
Insurance
The multitude of catastrophic losses borne by reinsurers in the first half of the year started a murmuring that, as the US hurricane season gains momentum, is quickly turning into a cacophony. 1 September 2011
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