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Insurance
In order to protect margins in the current low interest rate and soft market environment, QBE is determined to fend off brokers’ demand for fee increases, strengthen direct distribution and avoid business in the Lloyd’s market as this comes at higher cost. 17 August 2016
Insurance
Now that the immediate post-referendum dust has settled, the re/insurance industry is taking a close interest in the nature of the UK’s negotiations around leaving the EU and what it will mean for cross-border trade. Intelligent Insurer reports. 16 August 2016
Insurance
While rates are showing signs of flattening out, the soft market is far from over and reinsurers are having to make tough choices on retaining market share versus protecting profits. Intelligent Insurer reports. 16 August 2016
Insurance
Modernising the London Market is essential if it is to compete with other re/insurance hubs and competitors in the world. But resistance from the front office, where brokers and underwriters may be reluctant to change their behaviour, could threaten the plan’s success. Intelligent Insurer reports. 11 August 2016
Insurance
Technology is opening up a world of data that allows insurers to make a much more precise risk assessment of clients. This offers an opportunity for the sector to boost profitability, but its use also comes with some moral dilemmas. Intelligent Insurer reports. 11 August 2016
News
Munich Re chief executive officer Nikolaus von Bomhard expects an industry-wide decline of reserves to drive reinsurance capacity down and help prices to stabilise or rebound. 9 August 2016
Insurance
The low interest rate environment and soft market will lead to greater consolidation in the industry, according to the majority of Intelligent Insurer readers who participated in an online survey. 5 August 2016
Insurance
UK insurer RSA reported a jump in underwriting profit in the first half of 2016 and expects a boost for future results from a lower sterling on the back of the Brexit vote. 4 August 2016
Reinsurance
ANALYSIS: Greenlight Re boss heralds new chapter despite more losses and criticism of business model
Losses at Greenlight Capital Re burgeoned in the second quarter of 2016 amid wider criticism of hedge fund reinsurers’ business models. But the company believes that it has now taken appropriate action to leave its problems behind. 3 August 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
The London Market Group (LMG) has claimed that significant progress has been made in negotiations with regulators for the introduction of insurance-linked securities (ILS), with the necessary legislation set to be in place by the end of 2016. 28 July 2016
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