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Alternative Risk Transfer
The prevalence of alternative capital meant the industry’s response to the 2017 losses was very different from the past, with the new capital that entered the industry behaving in a way that was transactional and short-term—and almost desperate in some instances. 28 October 2018
Insurance
Insurers are increasingly baffled by the array of insurtech companies competing for their attention and are struggling to conceive a strategy that ensures they keep track of important developments, while ignoring irrelevant background noise. 28 October 2018
Insurance
Hamilton Insurance is eyeing opportunities in the US small commercial market. This generates some $150 billion in premiums but, as a fragmented market with no dominant players, it is ripe for transformation, according to Pina Albo, chief executive of Hamilton Insurance Group. 28 October 2018
Insurance
The impact of insurtech on the reinsurance industry could be limited in the short term—but that does not mean that investments made now will not bear fruit in the future, Jean-Paul Conoscente, chief executive officer of P&C’s US operation and P&C’s reinsurance business unit, SCOR, told PCI Today. 28 October 2018
Insurance
Industry veteran Ted Blanch has returned to the market with a new venture, a new Florida-focused broker, which he claims will disrupt catastrophe reinsurance with lowered costs and a radically different ownership model. 28 October 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
There will not be a significant movement in rates for the reinsurance industry at the end of year renewals, Ed Hochberg, chief executive officer of JLT Re in North America, told PCI Today. 28 October 2018
Insurance
Parts of the US commercial insurance market are archaic and ripe for technology-driven change, with many players keen to embrace anything that makes their businesses more cost-efficient, Jason Keck, chief executive officer and co-founder of insurtech startup Broker Buddha, told PCI Today. 28 October 2018
Insurance
Insurance Europe’s Reinsurance Advisory Board (RAB), a representative body for the European reinsurance industry, has accused the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) of deviating significantly from the original language of the bilateral agreement on re/insurance prudential measures, concluded between the EU and US in 2017, in its draft implementation plans. 28 October 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
The ILS markets will evolve as a result of lessons learned in the past 12 months, gaining sophistication and depth in the process, says Jeff Mohrenweiser of Fitch Ratings. 28 October 2018
Insurance
The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) is hopeful that banking regulators in the US will clarify guidelines relating to mortgage products and make it clear that banks can accept flood insurance policies from the private insurance market—something that would help the private flood insurance market to grow. 28 October 2018
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