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A study by Fitch has given more weight to the increasingly widely-held view in the market that many bigger cedants are retaining more business. The rating agency said primary players are becoming more comfortable holding certain risks. 20 October 2014
Insurance
Insurers are too dependent on capital models, believes Mo Tooker, president and global head of the property/casualty business of Gen Re, a Berkshire Hathaway company. 20 October 2014
Insurance
PartnerRe Wholesale, the newly launched stand-alone division of PartnerRe, believes it can bridge a gap that exists between specialty insurers and traditional property/casualty carriers. 20 October 2014
Insurance
While Europe’s reinsurers broadly support the implementation of Solvency II and understand its benefits, there is also disappointment in some quarters that some areas of the legislation flagged up as ill-adapted to reinsurance activity have still not been dealt with, and further improvements are required. 20 October 2014
Insurance
A decrease in Allianz’s exposure to US risks, combined with its steady use of capital markets risk transfer tools for those perils, means the insurer is finding it increasingly difficult to keep its traditional reinsurance partners happy in this market, according to Wolfgang Wopperer, global head of retrocession business at Allianz Re, which is responsible for the group’s retrocession portfolio. 20 October 2014
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Cedants have become smarter and more challenging in their demands around risk transfer solutions, believes Ludger Arnoldussen, member of the board of management of Munich Re. It is thus becoming increasingly important for reinsurers to offer bespoke solutions suited to individual clients’ requirements. 20 October 2014
Insurance
Against a backdrop of intense competition and deep rate cuts on some lines of business, many reinsurers are pondering diversification as they seek growth. Intelligent Insurer pulls together some of the strategies proposed during the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous. 20 October 2014
Insurance
The European reinsurance market remains extremely attractive both for its incumbent players and for newer entrants into the market—all of which should make for some interesting negotiations as each camp tries to cement or grow their footing in the market, as Intelligent Insurer discovers. 20 October 2014
Insurance
As cedants become ever more sophisticated in their understanding of ratings, analytical firm Litmus Analysis examines the ratings of the wide range of reinsurance carriers in Europe using a unique methodology to establish their average ratings. Here, Stuart Shipperlee, partner at Litmus, describes some of the
chart’s findings. 20 October 2014
Reinsurance
Conditions in the risk transfer world have rarely been more favourable to buyers. Yet while many are clearly leveraging their positions and seeking better deals, a surprising level of restraint exists as they also attempt to ensure their long-term traditional partners remain good business partners for the foreseeable future. 20 October 2014
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