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Reinsurance
European reinsurers are the latest to come under scrutiny from the New York financial regulator. Intelligent Insurer finds out how the market is reacting to increasing pressure from the US and asks whether the sharp focus on these reinsurers has caused tensions. 1 September 2013
Insurance
The “above average” approach to risk management from the Middle East’s energy sector may result in better rates and capacity in the insurance market, according to research by Marsh. 17 March 2014
Insurance
UK insurer RSA said a more disciplined underwriting approach was behind a fall in its net written premiums in the first quarter of the year, a period during which it also completed a rights issue to shore up its capital base. 8 May 2014
News
Profits at Hannover Re crept slightly higher in the first quarter of 2014 driven by the strong performance of its non-life reinsurance operation. But its CEO warned on what he called a challenging business environment. 7 May 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
A rapidly growing number of smaller cedants, thus far ignored on the basis of their size by the true insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets, are working with other providers of alternative forms of reinsurance to supplement their existing programmes with a growing amount of collateralised coverage. 7 March 2014
Insurance
Governments play the role of reinsurer of last resort in many instances, whether it be through a formalised risk-transfer system or simply because they have no choice. But where such entities begin to stray out of their home markets, things can get interesting, as Intelligent Insurer discovers. 14 September 2015
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Richard Verdin, the former Aviva managing director of protection, is to join RGA UK Services, a subsidiary of Reinsurance Group of America, as chief marketing officer for UK and Ireland. 28 October 2013
News
Although competition between reinsurers in Europe remains tough and cedants continue to squeeze rates and terms and conditions, opportunities for growth are also emerging for players with the flexibility and willingness to think outside the box, Jacopo D’Antonio, managing director of Aspen Re Europe, told Baden-Baden Today. 20 October 2015
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
Alternative Risk Transfer
2014 continues to prove that the rapidly expanding ILS market is here to stay.
Paul Schultz, CEO at Aon Benfield Securities, discusses with Intelligent Insurer the trends driving the market forward and how investor demand is making the market ever more attractive to cedants. 27 June 2014
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