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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
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
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