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Large reinsurance buyers are increasingly replacing mid-tier reinsurers on their panels with collateralised coverage or larger ILS deals while also retaining more risk – but they are also forming closer and deeper relationships with their bigger reinsurance partners. 28 February 2014
Insurance
In what has been a frantic period of M&A activity for insurers and reinsurers in recent years, companies from China and Japan have played a prominent role. As they seek overseas growth for very different reasons, Intelligent Insurer explores what is driving these aggressive acquisition strategies and the cultural challenges that will gradually emerge. 6 March 2017
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With competitive conditions now a major issue all over the LatAm region, merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is increasingly forcing out smaller insurance players, says Salvatore Orlando, head of high growth markets for PartnerRe. 26 October 2015
Insurance
Insurance companies in the US are facing such an unprecedented plethora of disruptive forces that their leaders have no choice but to try to look over the horizon, adapt and see the opportunities in this changing landscape, David Sampson, president & chief executive of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), told PCI Today. 25 October 2015
Insurance
Insurance industry groups including the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America have applauded new legislation that means the Federal Reserve can apply different capital standards to insurers compared with those applied to banks. 4 June 2014
Insurance
Reinsurers with internal capital models approved by regulators will have a competitive advantage over their rivals due to the flexibility this will offer in the way they allocate capital, Denis Kessler, chief executive and chairman of SCOR, told Baden-Baden Today. 21 October 2015
News
Some $1.6 billion of new issuance catastrophe bond transactions – made up of five bonds – took place in the first quarter, according to Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), part of re/insurance broker Willis Group Holdings. 20 May 2013
News
Markel International achieved gross written premiums of $825 million in 2011, representing a 16 percent rise on the previous year’s results of $709 million. 2 February 2012
Insurance
The deadline for Solvency II implementation is likely to be pushed back once again, given the time frame that has been allocated for the long-term guarantees assessment impact study, according to accountants familiar with the process. 4 February 2013
Alternative Risk Transfer
Cyber re/insurance can be opened up to ILS investors but the underlying risks must be properly understood before they can be modelled, says Sciemus CEO Rick Welsh. 21 July 2016
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