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Alternative Risk Transfer
The second quarter of 2014 saw some record-breaking figures and significant milestones in the ILS market. Paul Schultz, CEO at Aon Benfield Securities, talks to Intelligent Insurer about new perils, first-time currencies and extending into new sectors. 29 July 2014
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27 September 2013
Insurance
Many international insurers and reinsurers remain embroiled in litigation that resulted from the financial meltdown, as Michael Barr explained to Intelligent Insurer. 1 September 2013
Insurance
Further Solvency II delays would cause a lack of confidence among industry participants says Phil Smart, head of UK insurance, KPMG. 27 November 2013
Insurance
ACE Group has reshuffled its senior leadership team appointing a new executive vice president responsible for global underwriting and a new president of its reinsurance division ACE Tempest Re. 29 April 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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Helen Chapman has been appointed partner in the insurance and reinsurance group of Hogan Lovells. 27 June 2012
Insurance
US insurers must keep a close eye on the risk profile of their investment portfolios as they seek higher yields, Standard & Poor’s has warned. 20 November 2013
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
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The directors of VisionRe, the company recently launched by Argenta Private Capital to pursue investment in the Lloyd’s insurance market, have deferred the company’s capital raising and capacity deployment until 2014 citing a lack of profitable opportunities in the market. 16 October 2013
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