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A bumpy Brexit may bruise the UK’s re/insurance sector
Insurance
The UK re/insurance market is likely to shrink due to the UK’s exit from the European Union as companies reorganize their operations to ensure access to the EU common market. Nevertheless, London is likely to remain an important re/insurance centre after the country exits the EU.   25 January 2017
Level playing field to boost reinsurance competition in the EU and US
Insurance
The covered agreement between the EU and the US will establish a level playing field for transatlantic reinsurance business. But as it makes underwriting more attractive for reinsurers from the opposite side of the Atlantic, it is set to increase competition in both markets, adding pressure on pricing and conditions in an already soft market. Other countries like Switzerland don't want to be left behind.   19 January 2017
January renewals: brokers agree that stability comes at a price
Alternative Risk Transfer
Although there are hints towards pricing stabilisation in the global reinsurance market, continuing declines driven by increased competition and a lack of significant natural catastrophe losses signal a challenging 2017. Intelligent Insurer investigates.   12 January 2017
Insurance
Technology will continue to reshape the re/insurance industry in 2017 and the way companies embrace change will determine the winners and losers of the future, says Richard Clark, head of business development and specialist commercial at Xuber, part of CSC.   4 January 2017
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
Insurance
2016 has again been a benign year in terms of large catastrophe losses, but geopolitical developments have added new challenges to the sector. Intelligent Insurer asked executives from re/insurance firms including Swiss Re, Argo, AM Best and Willis Re for their opinions on the most important developments in the re/insurance industry in 2016.   21 December 2016
Insurance
Some of the pressures the re/insurance sector faced in 2016—low interest rates, uncertainties around Brexit and a soft market—are likely to persist in 2017. But some additional drivers are set to affect the performance of the sector, as described by executives from major players such as Markel, Swiss Re and Willis Re.   21 December 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
Sharing data will not inhibit an individual insurer’s business, but rather will promote business across the entire industry, says Tom Johansmeyer of ISO/Verisk Insurance Solutions and Rachel Anne Carter of Carter Insurance Innovations.   15 December 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
Soft market pressures, a prolonged low interest rate environment, low barriers to ILS capital entering the sector, the digital economy, tepid GDP growth… Hiscox Re’s Bill Lazzaro argues that how we respond to the current challenges in the reinsurance sector will define our future.   15 December 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
With the UK government looking to attract more ILS vehicles to London, the market is wondering exactly what it’s trying to achieve. Katherine Coates and Ashley Prebble, partners at Clifford Chance, cast an eye over what’s happening.   15 December 2016

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