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As a convergence with the capital markets continues apace, Geraint Anderson, one-time bad boy of the investment banking world turned author, offers a stark warning of the culture of greed and excess that the reinsurance industry must avoid. 7 September 2016
Insurance
After a busy 2015, when a flurry of M&A transformed the business, Willis Re’s global chief executive John Cavanagh is comfortable coming back above the parapet and extolling the virtues of growth despite numerous headwinds. Intelligent Insurer reports. 7 September 2016
Insurance
Buyers are king during the renewals season—and especially at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous. Intelligent Insurer speaks to two of the biggest about their evolving programmes and expectations in a landscape that is changing. 7 September 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
Just weeks into his new job, Moses Ojeisekhoba, the new CEO of the Reinsurance Business Unit at Swiss Re, is clear that for the industry to grow it must also become more relevant to society and work hard to close the so-called protection gap that is increasingly prevalent in the industry. Intelligent Insurer reports. 7 September 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
Having weathered competitive and recessionary challenges, Bermuda is experiencing a renaissance of sorts. Turbulence and uncertainty in other global hubs are making the industry’s traditional incubator of change look very much like a safe harbour for companies seeking robust and innovative risk-transfer solutions. Bermuda:Re+ILS reports. 2 September 2016
Insurance
Marine insurers are grappling with increased competition, a soft market, economic uncertainties and the looming threat of piracy. But Dieter Berg, president of the International Union of Marine Insurance, is optimistic around insurers’ ability to stay afloat in this challenging environment. Intelligent Insurer reports. 1 September 2016
Insurance
An increase in foreign exchange volatility in the second quarter of 2016, enhanced further by the surprising result of the UK’s EU referendum vote, has distorted the performance of re/insurance companies during the period. Making more use of hedging for foreign exchange risk could ease such distorting effects from companies’ profit and loss accounts, experts claim. 26 August 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
Natural disasters in the second half of this year could have a serious impact on the returns generated by the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance-linked investment markets in 2016, according to a panel of industry figures. Intelligent Insurer reports 25 August 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
The Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility has been developed by the World Bank Group and its partners to fill a vital gap in the global aid architecture for health financing, as Priya Basu of the World Bank reports. 25 August 2016
Technology
German insurance giant Allianz is boosting its digital capabilities in products and distribution and is planning to apply them to enter new markets, Allianz SE’s first chief digital officer Solmaz Altin told Intelligent Insurer. 24 August 2016
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