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Given the current robust capital position of the reinsurance industry, market conditions remain favourable for cedants. As reinsurers and the capital markets adjust their risk assumptions, a period of readjustment is under way—and cedants’ loss history is becoming increasingly important. 8 September 2019
Insurance
Nearly three-quarters of respondents to an online Intelligent Insurer renewals survey expect the market to harden in the coming renewals season, with 53 percent of respondents expecting it to harden a little and 19 percent expecting it to harden substantially. 8 September 2019
Alternative Risk Transfer
The current stage of the market cycle is different from what the market might have expected, Mike Krefta, chief executive officer of Hiscox Re & ILS, told Monte Carlo Today. 8 September 2019
Insurance
A coverage gap in the US casualty market means opportunities for specialists in that sector able to capitalise on predicted growth in the years to come, Robert Reville, chief executive of Praedicat, told Monte Carlo Today. 8 September 2019
Insurance
Rates in the global reinsurance market are improving—but a true hard market is some way away, according to the latest market sector report by Fitch Ratings. 8 September 2019
Alternative Risk Transfer
As cyber risk has an increasingly pervasive influence on the insurance market, the industry needs to find a better way to cover it. The solution could be finding a way to make it tradeable, Henri Winand, chief executive officer of AkinovA, an independent electronic marketplace for the transfer and trading of insurance, reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) risks, told Monte Carlo Today. 8 September 2019
Insurance
QBE’s reinsurance business had a “pleasing” first half year, especially with the cat exposure, according to Jonathan Parry, chief underwriting officer of reinsurance at the firm. 8 September 2019
Insurance
The influx of alternative capital into the reinsurance industry has slowed recently, but is likely to pick up again, according to S&P Global Ratings. 8 September 2019
Insurance
Innovations in technology have the potential to make a big difference to re/insurers in a number of ways but Third Point Reinsurance is most interested in developments that can help it underwrite business more efficiently and with greater accuracy. 8 September 2019
Insurance
Global reinsurance can expect to face market “headwinds” in 2020, despite strong capitalisation and rising pricing, ratings agency Moody’s has said. 8 September 2019
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