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Although the last 12 months have painted a very dark picture of the industry in some ways, through 2018 there has been some robust growth among re/insurance companies. 10 September 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Following record cat bond issuance in 2017 and the HIM losses, the ILS market has proved its resilience over the last 12 months and is continuing to strengthen well into 2018. 10 September 2018
Insurance
As consolidation continues, the majority of re/insurance professionals think that M&A will change the reinsurance landscape, according to an online survey carried out by Intelligent Insurer ahead of this renewals season. 10 September 2018
Insurance
John Neal is “as good a bet as any” to take on the “toughest job in insurance” according to market observers speaking in reaction to the revelation just before the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous that he will take the reins at Lloyd’s. 9 September 2018
Insurance
Given some of the headlines and predictions of big rate hikes in the aftermath of the 2017 cat losses in the US, most buyers will be pleased with what remains a relatively stable environment for rates as they head to Monte Carlo, Mark O’Riordan, group reinsurance director at Ecclesiastical, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Although the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector responded well to the cat losses of 2017, lessons will be learned in the aftermath of those events as the sector continues to mature and evolve, Bill Dubinsky, head of ILS at Willis Re, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Insurance
The recent new wave of consolidation has shown a further trend towards more companies operating so-called hybrid business models, whereby they write both insurance and reinsurance. Such a model can generate useful synergies, but it is also one of many factors driving consolidation, Torsten Jeworrek, member of Munich Re’s Board of Management, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
The transfer of flood risk to the private markets in the US has made great progress but some simple changes to federal and state laws would trigger another big leap forward, according to Frank Nutter, president of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA). 9 September 2018
Insurance
Some lines of business hit by severe losses such as the wildfires this year have already seen substantial rate increases—but this is the exception rather than the rule, Adam Szakmary, director of underwriting, Bermuda, at Hiscox Re & ILS, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Insurance
Against a backdrop of record market losses in 2017 and underwhelming rate increases, reinsurers are continuing to consider the ways they deploy their capital and are showing an increased appetite for investment in managing general agent (MGA) platforms. 9 September 2018
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