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The question of whether the growing diversity of capital entering the risk transfer industry will ultimately end the traditionally cyclical nature of the industry was debated by senior industry executives at the annual Intelligent Insurer roundtable in Monte Carlo. 13 October 2016
Insurance
The Arab Spring and political turbulence in some parts of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has not dented the long-term prospects for the insurance industry in this area with strong growth still expected on the back of a combination of low insurance penetration and rapidly growing energy, infrastructure and healthcare sectors. 21 March 2013
Alternative Risk Transfer
The African Risk Capacity (ARC) agency has launched the first ever African catastrophe insurance pool. The deal is underpinned by $55 million of index-based reinsurance capacity from the international weather risk markets secured by Willis. 15 May 2014
Insurance
XL Group has finalised a deal that sees it buy Catlin for $4.1 billion. The new entity, to be known as XL Catlin, will boast some $10 billion of total net premiums, more than $3 billion of net reinsurance premiums and make it one of the ten biggest reinsurance groups globally. 9 January 2015
Insurance
Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) recent revision of its Lloyd’s market outlook to stable from positive could be the first warning of more negative actions and downgrades for the wider reinsurance industry. 21 October 2014
News
Joe Taranto has decided to reconsider his decision to retire following the resignation of Ralph E. Jones III, President and Chief Operating Officer. 1 November 2010
Insurance
With traditional gilts giving the lowest rate of return for decades, insurers have been forced to start looking for alternative sources of investment income. Intelligent Insurer investigates. 15 December 2015
Insurance
In the current challenging soft market and low interest rate environment, large re/insurance companies are in an advantageous position as they can better absorb the pressure and find alternative income sources. Search for scale is therefore likely to drive M&A activity in the coming years, Intelligent Insurer reports. 6 October 2016
Insurance
The re/insurance industry has not historically been as attractive to young people as a career choice as other financial services sectors such as banking or fund management. But that is changing. As part of a wider feature available online, Intelligent Insurer speaks to 40 young executives—all under 35—who are making waves in the industry. 1 May 2015
Insurance
For brokers and MGAs having clean and accurate data is the key to almost everything, says Frank Fortunato, CEO of CATEX. 25 April 2016
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