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The Intelligent Insurer Global Awards 2015 aims to reveal the companies working across the reinsurance industry that are regarded as the best in their respective classes by their peers. 19 November 2015
Insurance
ACE Group has reshuffled its senior leadership team appointing a new executive vice president responsible for global underwriting and a new president of its reinsurance division ACE Tempest Re. 29 April 2014
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German reinsurer Hannover Re has announced that it intends to change its legal form to a European public limited company or Societas Europaea (SE). 14 March 2012
Insurance
In what has been a frantic period of M&A activity for insurers and reinsurers in recent years, companies from China and Japan have played a prominent role. As they seek overseas growth for very different reasons, Intelligent Insurer explores what is driving these aggressive acquisition strategies and the cultural challenges that will gradually emerge. 6 March 2017
Insurance
US insurers must keep a close eye on the risk profile of their investment portfolios as they seek higher yields, Standard & Poor’s has warned. 20 November 2013
Insurance
A decrease in Allianz’s exposure to US risks, combined with its steady use of capital markets risk transfer tools for those perils, means the insurer is finding it increasingly difficult to keep its traditional reinsurance partners happy in this market, according to Wolfgang Wopperer, global head of retrocession business at Allianz Re, which is responsible for the group’s retrocession portfolio. 20 October 2014
Insurance
David Hertzell, law commissioner for commercial and common law, will become the new independent chair of the Chartered Insurance Institute’s (CII) Professional Standards Board (PSB), succeeding David McIntosh QC (Hon) who will complete his tenure at the end of this year. 14 November 2013
Insurance
Germany insurer Allianz has revealed an extensive investment programme to boost its presence across Africa. It has hired five new senior executives in the continent since the start of 2013 and the company is targeting Sub-Saharan Africa in particular, where it anticipates strong growth. 18 March 2013
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The directors of VisionRe, the company recently launched by Argenta Private Capital to pursue investment in the Lloyd’s insurance market, have deferred the company’s capital raising and capacity deployment until 2014 citing a lack of profitable opportunities in the market. 16 October 2013
Insurance
While Europe’s reinsurers broadly support the implementation of Solvency II and understand its benefits, there is also disappointment in some quarters that some areas of the legislation flagged up as ill-adapted to reinsurance activity have still not been dealt with, and further improvements are required. 20 October 2014
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