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Insurance
In the 2019 renewals negotiations so far, reinsurers have seen improvements in rates and prices compared to the previous, heavily loss-affected years. 8 September 2019
Alternative Risk Transfer
The 2017/18 losses and subsequent loss creep in the US has prompted insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors to take a fresh look at the space. Although far from abandoning the sector, they are becoming more discerning, Bill Dubinsky, managing director and head of ILS, Willis Re Securities, told Monte Carlo Today. 8 September 2019
Insurance
Although some rate corrections are taking place in the market, they are inconsistent and inadequate given how many years of softening the market has endured. 8 September 2019
Insurance
Four years since the launch of UnipolRe, the Dublin-based reinsurer backed by Italian insurer UnipolSai Assicurazioni, chief executive Marco Sordoni explains to Monte Carlo Today why the reinsurer is seeking deeper relationships with clients and is investing in its infrastructure. 8 September 2019
Insurance
The Indian market remains the core of GIC Re’s business and it is growing fast, but the reinsurer is increasingly capitalising on opportunities overseas as well, as Alice Vaidyan of GIC Re told Monte Carlo Today. 8 September 2019
Insurance
Brexit could yet cause insurers and reinsurers in the UK and the EU a number of problems including a drain of talent and intellectual property from London, and firms ending up in limbo, in the increasingly likely case of the UK’s leaving the EU without a deal. 8 September 2019
Alternative Risk Transfer
Specialist Lloyd’s re/insurer Beazley’s innovative Smart Tracker facility, which it launched in 2018, is targeted to write $1 billion of business within five years, Patrick Hartigan, head of reinsurance at Beazley, told Monte Carlo Today. 8 September 2019
Insurance
Broker Marsh and Construction Risk Partners (CRP), a specialty broker dedicated to the US construction industry, have entered an agreement whereby CRP management will buy back the company’s stock from JLT Specialty USA. 6 September 2019
Alternative Risk Transfer
The market for Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) is resilient in 2019 with continued support for new issuance, despite hurricanes and other events leading to a challenging market. 6 September 2019
Insurance
As Hurricane Dorian continues to threaten the southeast US coast, a credit ratings firm has identified the primary insurers that could be most affected. 6 September 2019
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