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Insurance
IRLA is an exceptional forum for the legacy industry, providing a single coordinated voice to government and interested parties worldwide, says James Bolton, chairman of the IRLA Membership and Communications Committee. 8 May 2017
Insurance
As more insurers regard the use of run-off as a mainstream strategic tool, so investors have responded—backing the launch and growth of specialist consolidators geared up to buying and managing portfolios of business in run-off. Intelligent Insurer reports. 5 May 2017
Insurance
In tough times, leveraging the expertise and access to risks that many managing general agents possess can be an enticing prospect for insurers, as Intelligent Insurer discovers. 3 May 2017
Insurance
The impact of the low interest rate environment has yet to test the robustness of both life and non-life re/insurers as the effect slowly trickles down on companies’ balance sheets, increasingly impacting results, according to Moody’s. 28 April 2017
Insurance
Rising populations and a more volatile climate mean flood risk is a growing problem globally. Paul Drury of Ambiental, a specialist in flood modelling, spoke to Intelligent Insurer about four advances that will help the re/insurance industry improve its response to flood risk. 26 April 2017
Insurance
The performance of the reinsurance sector shows a clear trend of deterioration as the soft market squeezes profitability. While traditional reinsurers return capital to shareholders due to a lack of profitable business opportunities, alternative capital remains keen for opportunities to invest – potentially making the situation worse, suggests James Vickers, chairman of Willis Re International. 21 April 2017
Alternative Risk Transfer
Now that the market has a solution for ocean marine and offshore energy, the time could be right for these risks to flow into the ILS market, says Tom Johansmeyer of Verisk Insurance Solutions. 20 April 2017
Alternative Risk Transfer
The insurance linked securities (ILS) market is already facing a better first half of the year than it saw over the same period of 2016, according to Paul Schultz, CEO of Aon Securities. 20 April 2017
Insurance
Amid concerns that artificial intelligence could result in job losses across the industry, re/insurers speaking at an Intelligent Insurer roundtable in London aimed to suppress some of those fears by highlighting the value of AI with tried and tested examples. 13 April 2017
Insurance
With a market steering more towards commoditisation, the value of the traditional reinsurance business model is waning, particularly in North America, where reinsurers are more focused on brokers than in Europe, Christian Reber, partner and managing director at Boston Consulting Group, tells Intelligent Insurer. 11 April 2017
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