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Alternative Risk Transfer
Real-time catastrophe data can provide claims adjusters in insurance companies with better information and allow them to make risk decisions in real time, whether that be buying live cat over, buying more reinsurance or in the ILS market, Karen Clark, CEO and founder of Karen Clark & Company (KCC), told Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2018
News
On the back of expansion through acquisitions, an upgrade, investments in technology and solid organic growth, Sava Re is heading into this year’s renewal season in a buoyant mood, says CEO Marko Jazbec. 10 September 2018
Insurance
Rate increases have tapered off since the January 2018 renewal, with lower, single-digit rate increases in the June and July renewals, according to Megan McConnell, director of underwriting London at Hiscox Re & ILS. 10 September 2018
Insurance
Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for the global reinsurance sector to stable from negative, saying it believes that earnings have settled at a “new normal”, with return on capital likely to be more modest but less volatile than before. 10 September 2018
Insurance
Given some of the headlines and predictions of big rate hikes in the aftermath of the 2017 cat losses in the US, most buyers will be pleased with what remains a relatively stable environment for rates as they head to Monte Carlo, Mark O’Riordan, group reinsurance director at Ecclesiastical, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) are expanding into new perils following investors’ appetite, and London might benefit from this growth potential following the introduction of a new regulatory framework, Jean-Louis Monnier, Swiss Re Capital Markets global co-head of ILS, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Insurance
Reinsurers and brokers should better educate themselves on how reinsurance can impact their clients’ ratings, as focusing on the agency capital models alone is often inadequate. 9 September 2018
Insurance
While year-to-date global reinsurance pricing is up slightly between 0 and 5 percent in 2018, in aggregate, momentum is fading as the sector heads towards the January 2019 renewals, according to S&P Global Ratings. 9 September 2018
Insurance
Technology will be the key to making the insurance industry more accessible—but the pace of innovation must also match the opportunity and demand, Gerry Tighe, head of treaty, Matrix Insurance & Reinsurance Brokers, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Insurance
Bermuda-based Randall & Quilter (R&Q) Investment Holdings has revealed a corporate restructuring to create a new division comprising of its US and European programme management businesses. 7 September 2018
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