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In fast-moving markets, reinsurers need to be nimble and innovative. Intelligent Insurer speaks to Bruno Freire, executive director of Austral Re, about how the company is responding to the needs of Brazilian cedants. 1 September 2012
Insurance
In the aftermath of severe flooding in the UK for the second time this year and with insured flood losses predicted to top £1bn in 2012, the UK government and the insurance industry are trying to find a solution to the way flood risk is covered in the UK. 30 November 2012
Insurance
This issue’s guest columnist is Joan Lamm-Tennant, winner of the 2013 Association of Professional Insurance Women (APIW) Insurance Woman of the Year award. Here she reflects on the significance of the award and the need to stay relevant as an industry. 12 November 2013
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The increasing presence and competitive nature of global insurers in the Latin American insurance markets has served to actually decrease the market’s potential for reinsurers as an increasing portion of premiums are being retained by these groups or placed through bigger international reinsurance deals. 12 November 2013
Reinsurance
The insurance and reinsurance markets of Latin America present opportunities for innovative domestic carriers and international players alike. 1 October 2012
Insurance
The re/insurance industry has not historically been as attractive to young people as a career choice as other financial services sectors such as banking or fund management. But that is changing. As part of a wider feature available online, Intelligent Insurer speaks to 40 young executives—all under 35—who are making waves in the industry. 1 May 2015
News
Bigger, global, reinsurers such as SCOR can benefit from the trend of big insurers retaining more risk because the quality of the business being ceded is better, believes Victor Peignet, chief executive of SCOR Global P&C. 16 September 2014
Insurance
Some re/insurance executives yearn for the heady days of a hard market but most are more realistic, given the abundance of capital in the industry. The recent hurricanes have given the market an insight into just how rates might respond to big losses, as Intelligent Insurer reports. 25 September 2017
Insurance
While the quality of the data available and the sophistication of risk modelling has improved in recent years, the industry must still absorb some hard lessons on European windstorm risks and also consider alternative means of risk transfer, says Eddy Vanbeneden. 1 March 2011
Insurance
The UK re/insurance market is likely to shrink due to the UK’s exit from the European Union as companies reorganize their operations to ensure access to the EU common market. Nevertheless, London is likely to remain an important re/insurance centre after the country exits the EU. 25 January 2017
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