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Insurance
In the context of the continued low yield environment, Tom Rogers, the managing director and head of Strategy Implementation, Investment Management, and Robert Torretti, managing director, regional investment manager—Americas, Zurich Insurance Group discuss the future for insurance investment management. 19 November 2013
Insurance
Research carried out by GR-NEAM has shown an inverse relationship between financial strength ratings and VaR, but the sheer size of a company also plays its part, says Dr Jim Bachman. 19 November 2013
Reinsurance
As capacity available to cover peak US catastrophe risks reaches saturation point, many believe that alternative capacity will increasingly allow the industry to take on different risks—some of which have traditionally been covered by governments. 19 November 2013
Insurance
Arthur J. Gallagher has closed its transaction to acquire the Giles group of companies in a deal that vastly expands its UK geographic footprint and diversifies its underwriting expertise. 14 November 2013
Insurance
David Hertzell, law commissioner for commercial and common law, will become the new independent chair of the Chartered Insurance Institute’s (CII) Professional Standards Board (PSB), succeeding David McIntosh QC (Hon) who will complete his tenure at the end of this year. 14 November 2013
Reinsurance
Florian Kummer is head of the reinsurance property & casualty underwriting hub for Latin America. He is responsible for leading the various underwriting teams serving Latin America region, as well as actively participating in the planning and execution of Swiss Re's High Growth Market strategy. He talks to Intelligent Insurer about this year's FIDES conference. 13 November 2013
Insurance
The acceleration of infrastructure projects in the region has opened the door for specialty lines insurers, such as Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), which provides coverage throughout Latin America for all phases of infrastructure projects. Thais Kirschner, senior vice president of operations for Latin America at LIU talks to Intelligent Insurer about the company’s services throughout the region. 13 November 2013
Insurance
XL Group has appointed Paul Le Boutillier as senior underwriter, fine art & specie. He will report to Graham Hawkins, XL Group’s global chief underwriting officer for fine art & specie and is based in London. 13 November 2013
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More and more global reinsurers are showing an interest in doing business in Latin America encourage by the attractive growth prospects in the region, according to Matthias Marwege, senior executive manager at Munich Re, responsible for Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the Caribbean. 13 November 2013
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The rapid progress made in recent years in terms of the quality of exposure data and catastrophe modelling have led to tangible positive results in terms of the way insurers and reinsurers price and manage catastrophe risk in Latin America. 13 November 2013
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