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With more alternative capital coming into play, there is greater pressure on the reinsurance sector—but the key is to use it to their advantage, Ali Karakuyu, lead analyst, director, at S&P Global Ratings, told Baden-Baden Today. 24 October 2018
Insurance
Property loss activity has been benign in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in the past five to six years, benefiting insurers and reinsurers—but this should not mean rate decreases, Christian Kreutzer, head of market underwriting CEE at Swiss Re, told Baden-Baden Today. 24 October 2018
Insurance
Distributed ledger technology—blockchain—will level the playing field in the insurance market, but this is probably one of the main reasons it is being held back from more widespread adoption, George Freimarck, managing director of Xceedance Europe, told Baden-Baden Today. 24 October 2018
Insurance
Keeping pace with developments in insurtech and attracting and keeping the best talent are high on the agendas of executives attending Baden-Baden this week, according to an online survey carried out by Intelligent Insurer ahead of this renewals season. 24 October 2018
Insurance
As Solvency II-based capital regimes further impact internal capital models, greater clarity around a company’s view of risk is becoming more important, but optimising model infrastructures is often limited by platform inflexibility, computational power and cumbersome approval processes, according to three executives from Guy Carpenter who debated this issue. 24 October 2018
Insurance
The Talanx Group, which owns Hannover Re, has outlined ambitious targets for 2019 and beyond – one way it plans to achieve these is by consolidating its reinsurance buying programme. 23 October 2018
Insurance
Intermediary Hyperion Insurance Group will establish a new technology-focused business that will manage the group's third-party insurtech investments, as well as incubate its own start-up ventures. 23 October 2018
Insurance
Property/casualty insurer Liberty Mutual Insurance is undertaking a strategic review of its London-based Pembroke Managing Agency, which came into its portfolio when it acquired lronshore in May 2017. 23 October 2018
Insurance
The re/insurance industry must get a better handle on flood risk in Europe, which remains underestimated and underinsured, Michael Pickel, member of the executive board of Hannover Re responsible for target markets in P&C reinsurance, told Baden-Baden Today. 23 October 2018
Insurance
Italian insurer UnipolSai Assicurazioni has been approached by a number of reinsurers looking to complete a private placement for the additional €200 million of coverage it is seeking this year—but it will remain loyal to its existing panel of 17 reinsurers, its buyer told Baden-Baden Today. 23 October 2018
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