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Alternative Risk Transfer
While alternative capital is here to stay, the industry could well experience a significant reset in rates if cracks in reserves widen and this combines with a big catastrophe loss, says Weston Hicks, the president of Alleghany, who also explains to Intelligent Insurer why his business is ready to benefit from such a scenario. 29 March 2017
Reinsurance
An influx of new capacity into the industry is nothing new—but this particular wave could force some reinsurers to change course, says Torsten Jeworrek, chairman of the reinsurance committee at Munich Re. 1 September 2013
Insurance
Swiss Re’s recent announcement that it will invest $500 million in businesses and assets related to long-term infrastructure deals will likely represent just the start of a growing trend of other insurers and reinsurers doing the same thing, according to the reinsurer. 18 December 2012
Insurance
Reinsurers should not be worrying about if and when the soft market will end—instead they should be focused on innovation and cycle management during the prolonged downturn, Torsten Jeworrek, member of the Board of Management at Munich Re, tells Intelligent Insurer. 20 October 2016
Insurance
New products based on technology and data are increasingly being brought to market, while claims processes are being sped up through technologies such as blockchain, freeing up capabilities for new services, according to panellists at an Intelligent Insurer roundtable sponsored by S&P Global Ratings at October’s Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting. 10 December 2017
Insurance
Latin America is now ‘the place to be’ for many international insurers and reinsurers which are attracted by the region’s bullish growth prospects compared with other parts of the world, according to Vyvienne Wade, managing director of Latin America, Canada, Europe and the Caribbean at Arthur J. Gallagher. 11 November 2013
Insurance
After a spate of big deals and with consolidation in the re/insurance industry showing little sign of slowing, Intelligent Insurer examines the different ways the success—or failure—of a merger or acquisition may be judged in its aftermath. 21 December 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
As Asia-based ILS consultant ILS Advisers launches the first fund-of-funds, Stefan Kräuchi, a partner in the company, explains how this new type of fund is expected to attract a flurry of new investors into the rapidly increasing ILS space. 27 June 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
Fifteen years since the first insurance linked securities (ILS) were launched the market is still growing as more and more organisations choose this method as a way of transferring risk, according to a report by Swiss Re. 1 November 2011
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