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Global reinsurance capital decreased in Q3 2018 but ILS capacity up
Alternative Risk Transfer
Global reinsurance capital decreased in the third quarter of last year though the mix of capital available changed within this with alternative capital supplying a higher percentage of what was available to insurers, according to a report by Aon.   11 January 2019
Insurance
Spanish re/insurer Mapfre has appointed Chris Smith as its new chief global brokers officer.   10 January 2019
Brightside launches new MGA Kitsune backed by R&Q
Insurance
UK broker Brightside Group has launched a new manging general agent (MGA) to write motor insurance backed by capacity provided by Randall and Quilter Investment Holdings.   10 January 2019
Insurance
A group of Europe’s largest reinsurers, the Insurance Europe Reinsurance Advisory Board (RAB), has published an overview of the benefits of insurers’ use of internal models, essentially making the case for their use.   10 January 2019
Alternative Risk Transfer
A combination of losses in 2018, capital still trapped in relation to 2017 events and a lack of new capacity entering the market, will likely lead to a hardening of the pricing of ILS deals and higher prices in the retro market in 2019.   10 January 2019
Insurance
Specialty re/insurer MS Amlin has increased its protection and indemnity (P&I) capacity for 2019.   10 January 2019
Insurance
Broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed Simon Weaver as new head of Australasia, replacing Andrew Boal who has resigned after 27 years at the company.   10 January 2019
Insurance
AXA XL Risk Consulting has partnered with Expert System, a specialist in the use of artificial intelligence (AI), to help its underwriters make better decisions to when assessing property risk engineering risks.   10 January 2019
Insurance
Re/insurance broker Aon has partnered with SBC InsurTech, a company focused on innovation programmes for the insurance industry, help its clients make better decisions around how they might partner with and invest in insurtech start-ups.   10 January 2019
Alternative Risk Transfer
Freddie Mac, the US government-sponsored enterprise that provides liquidity to the US mortgage markets by buying mortgages from lenders, transferred a new type of risk into the reinsurance markets as part of an ongoing expansion of its risk transfer programme.   4 January 2019

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