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As the global economy slows, geopolitical tensions heighten and Amazon rainforest wildfires rage, we still can find some hope in the disruptive world of digitisation, Ingrid Carlou, chief executive officer of Carlou Consulting, told FIDES Today. 11 September 2019
Insurance
Regulatory changes in Latin America are pushing local insurers to leverage catastrophe risk models in-house, making them better able to compete with global insurers who have long had access to models. 11 September 2019
Alternative Risk Transfer
The retro market has felt the impact of market changes in appetite and capacity across the Latin American region, Julian Vereker, head of group marketing at THB, told FIDES Today. 11 September 2019
Insurance
With a lack of global players, the Bolivian insurance market differs greatly from that of Brazil, where local reinsurers must compete against each other and large companies with a wide array of offerings. AM Best speaks to FIDES Today. 11 September 2019
Insurance
Swiss Re’s group chief economist Jerome Jean Haegeli urges re/insurers to do things differently to narrow the $1.2 trillion protection gap. 11 September 2019
Insurance
Following the difficult years of 2017 to 2019, which were dominated by extreme hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, typhoons and winter storm events, 25 insurance-linked securities (ILS) bonds are expected to be impaired in the 12-month period to June 30. 11 September 2019
Insurance
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
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