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Risk Management

Atrium storms into weather market with seasoned Brown & Brown pro

Lloyd’s re/insurer to offer weather-driven business disruption cover for large clients.   4 August 2025

Insurance

Parametric MGA Skyline nabs $1.75m funding to plug protection gaps

The funding comes on the heels of its innovative deal with Munich Re and Howden.   17 May 2022

Alternative Risk Transfer

World Bank mulls famine ILS

The World Bank is working on a new form of insurance-linked securities (ILS) that could transfer the risk of famine into the capital markets, Michael Bennett, head of derivatives and structured finance in the treasury department of the World Bank, told delegates at Munich Re’s annual roundtable discussion in Monte Carlo covering the ILS markets.   11 September 2018

Insurance

Geneva Association's new global re/insurer task force to tackle climate risk

Re/insurance giants Munich Re, Swiss Re, SCOR, AIG, AXA, Allianz and Chubb come together to develop new climate risk assessment tools.   26 February 2021

Insurance

XL & Munich Re partner on fuel cell portfolio

XL Group’s complex accounts unit, Munich Re’s green tech solutions team, and consultants New Energy Risk (NER), have teamed up to deliver an insurance policy for a portfolio of fuel cell servers installed across the US.   12 September 2014

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Munich Re America appoints CFO

Munich Re America, Munich Re’s US property and casualty reinsurance subsidiary, has appointed Richard Olsen, currently head of central reserving at Munich Re, as chief financial officer.   6 October 2014

Insurance

Pen enters new specialist line with key strategic hire from Gallagher

The executive has led specialist practices at CFC Underwriting, Munich Re and Miller.   29 March 2023

Reinsurance

Swiss Re snaps up Helvetia’s new risk chief to succeed retiring veteran

Risk chief moves to Swiss Re just as Helvetia merges with rival Swiss insurer.   22 April 2025

News

Munich Re America strengthens team

Carsten Prussog, currently head of reinsurance development at Munich Re, will become president of the specialty markets division of Munich Re's US property/casualty reinsurance subsidiary, Munich Re America.   6 June 2013

Reinsurance

The pandemic remains an earnings event for reinsurers, but why?

Pandemic-related losses are large but reinsurers look to have avoided the worst with a combination of financial discipline and the arrival of a hard market. Will efforts to inoculate themselves against the pandemic in H1 continue to be effective into the second half of the year, and how will it affect the wider market? Intelligent Insurer speaks to Robert Mazzuoli, director at Fitch Ratings, to find out more.   26 August 2020

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