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An increasing focus on the short-term quarterly earnings of reinsurers is unhelpful to understanding the true performance of reinsurers, which by definition must take a long-term strategic view of the market, Stuart Shipperlee, director of Litmus Analysis, told Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2019
Insurance
Fitch Ratings does not expect the UK’s departure from the EU to have an immediate impact on ratings, Graham Coutts, senior director, insurance ratings at Fitch, said at the Fitch Ratings Reinsurance Briefing 2019. 10 September 2019
Insurance
A few years ago there was plenty of talk about alternative capital being a major threat to the sector and something that was going to radically transform it. That view has changed, Robert DeRose, senior director, Global Reinsurance Ratings and Greg Carter, managing director, Analytics EMEA & AP, at AM Best, told Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2019
Alternative Risk Transfer
Two key themes in the Bermuda market at present are a burgeoning life reinsurance market and an expected upward trajectory for insurance-linked securities (ILS), Arthur Wightman, PwC’s territory leader for PwC Bermuda, told Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2019
Insurance
Karen Clark and Company (KCC) will offer full global coverage in its catastrophe modelling within 18 months, according to Karen Clark, the company’s founder. 10 September 2019
Insurance
Gossmann & Cie, the company formed by former DARAG chief Arndt Gossmann to develop a new capital management tool for insurers, will form a carrier on Malta by the end of the year, which will utilise the domicile’s protected cell company (PCC) regime to assume liabilities for its first clients. 10 September 2019
Insurance
Nat cat is a big topic for the industry, Hannover Re chief executive officer Jean Jacques Henchoz said at a press conference in Monte Carlo, highlighting how struck he was by the strength of Hurricane Dorian. 10 September 2019
Alternative Risk Transfer
Pool Re, the UK’s state-backed terrorism reinsurer, wants to increase the number of reinsurers willing to participate on its retrocessional placements and the number of investors willing to support its ILS programme as it cannot buy as much capacity as it would like. 10 September 2019
Alternative Risk Transfer
Industry veteran Dirk Lohmann, who now heads the insurance-linked securities (ILS) business of global asset management group Schroders, is exploring the possibility of launching a new reinsurer on Bermuda with a minimum of $500 million in capital. 10 September 2019
Insurance
Re/insurer AXA XL is simplifying its reinsurance organisational structure, aligned around its key markets and intended to enhance the focus on its 'payer to partner' strategy. The changes, effective January 2, 2020, will include combining its Bermuda and London platforms, and centralising its claims and operational functions into one global unit. 9 September 2019
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