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Much is made of the tendency of large players to gobble up their smaller rivals, and each other, evoking visions of a future where a small number of huge players dominate the market. 11 September 2019
Insurance
There is a potentially big opportunity for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets to develop parametric cat bonds that could cover some of the growing risks in Eastern Europe and Western areas of Asia, according to Kirill Savrassov, chief executive of PhoenixCRetro. 11 September 2019
Insurance
Interest rates staying lower for longer and negative bond yields mean more challenges for the life re/insurance industry—but AXA’s chief executive officer says the business is more shielded from these forces since it has repositioned its portfolio in recent years. 11 September 2019
Insurance
B3i wants to build a generic system for the insurance industry, and let insurers and brokers build their own proprietary systems that plug into it. 11 September 2019
Insurance
VIG Re is mounting an expansion beyond its core markets based on its intimate knowledge of markets and its low cost ratio, chairman Johannes Martin Hartmann and Peter Thirring, member of the managing board, told Monte Carlo Today. 11 September 2019
Insurance
Artur Klinger, chief underwriting officer at the more than 90-year-old NewRe, told Monte Carlo Today that more companies are recognising the value of reinsurance once again. 11 September 2019
Insurance
PartnerRe’s strategic decision to operate as a “pure play” reinsurer, together with its private ownership model, means it is well positioned to grow in what it calls a transitioning market, Emmanuel Clarke president & chief executive officer, PartnerRe, told Monte Carlo Today. 11 September 2019
Insurance
The challenge of solving the problem of trapped capital is one of the drivers behind a number of insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds considering the possibility of launching reinsurers with rated balance sheets, Peter Dunlop, partner at law firm Walkers, told Monte Carlo Today. 11 September 2019
Alternative Risk Transfer
Alternative capital is now entering the market at many more points in an attempt to get closer to the risk and the logical conclusion is that some insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds will look to launch rated carriers, Eric Andersen, co-president of Aon, told Monte Carlo Today. 11 September 2019
Insurance
Broker Ed is making good progress in its aim of becoming a billion-dollar business and it thinks its new ownership will give it a boost towards achieving this. 11 September 2019
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