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Favourable returns on US peak catastrophe risks combined with poor investment returns elsewhere has caused a growing number of mutual funds, hedge funds and other capital sources to try to capture a portion of US peak catastrophe business. But there are inhibitors to these investors diversifying into a wider range of risks. 10 September 2013
Awards
Some re/insurance brokers are increasingly channelling premium to a smaller number of larger carriers. While this is sometimes at the behest of cedants, it is also occurring because of exclusive agreements they have with selected players. 7 March 2014
Awards
Some re/insurance brokers are increasingly channelling premium to a smaller number of larger carriers. While this is sometimes at the behest of cedants, it is also occurring because of exclusive agreements they have with selected players. 7 March 2014
Reinsurance
The Indian insurance sector is on the threshold of a sustained period of growth, says Ashok Kumar Roy, chairman cum managing director of GIC Re. 14 September 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
A series of ‘firsts’ seen by the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market in 2014 have been transformational for the sector, which saw $7.8 billion of issuance, of which $1.5 billion represented the largest catastrophe bond in the market’s history. 7 January 2015
Insurance
The board of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed Tidjane Thiam to be the association’s next chairman. 28 June 2012
Reinsurance
Analytical firm Litmus Analysis examines the ratings of the wide range of reinsurance carriers in North America using a unique methodology to establish their average ratings. Here, Stuart Shipperlee, partner at Litmus, describes some of the chart’s findings. 27 November 2014
Insurance
Rating agencies pay close attention to reinsurers’ competitive positions and determine this, in part, by examining a company’s ability to lead business. Peter Hughes, director at Litmus Analysis, examines the implications of this logic. 13 September 2015
Insurance
The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has created the Fine Art Practice, bringing together the expertise of its fine art resources worldwide in underwriting, loss prevention, appraisal and claims to respond to the evolving needs of its personal insurance clients with large and valuable collections. 19 May 2014
Insurance
A number of reinsurers have attributed fluctuations in their results to currency movements this year. But there should be no such excuse for such fluctuations given the tools that are available to hedge and better manage this risk, one currency specialist has claimed. 22 June 2015
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