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Alternative Risk Transfer
Re/insurer MS Amlin has launched two cat bonds, based on risks in funds managed by Leadenhall Capital Partners, in a bid to appeal to a wider set of clients. 10 September 2016
Insurance
While rates are showing signs of flattening out, the soft market is far from over and reinsurers are having to make tough choices on retaining market share versus protecting profits. Intelligent Insurer reports. 10 September 2016
News
Marco Sordoni, the chief executive of UnipolRe, the Dublin-based reinsurer backed by Italian insurer UnipolSai Assicurazioni, gives Monte Carlo Today the lowdown on what the company has achieved since its launch 12 months ago, and its plans now. 10 September 2016
Insurance
CCR, a public-sector reinsurer operating in France, has transferred its open market reinsurance activities to a newly created entity, CCR Re, effective January 1, 2017. 9 September 2016
Insurance
As a convergence with the capital markets continues apace, Geraint Anderson, one-time bad boy of the investment banking world turned author, offers a stark warning of the culture of greed and excess that the reinsurance industry must avoid. 7 September 2016
Insurance
After a busy 2015, when a flurry of M&A transformed the business, Willis Re’s global chief executive John Cavanagh is comfortable coming back above the parapet and extolling the virtues of growth despite numerous headwinds. Intelligent Insurer reports. 7 September 2016
Insurance
The global reinsurance market is facing unfavourable conditions from a wide range of headwinds, according to rating agency Standard & Poor’s. 7 September 2016
Insurance
The trend toward increased cessions suggests cedants in Europe are making the most of soft reinsurance market conditions, and have enhanced negotiating powers to benefit from this form of contingent capital, according to an AM Best report. 7 September 2016
Insurance
Reinsurers’ profits in 2017 are expected to diminish as a result of both softening premiums and lower investments returns, according to Fitch Ratings, which has placed a negative outlook for the sector as a result. 7 September 2016
Insurance
London market insurers performed well in the first half of 2016 and entered the second half of the year with strong balance sheets. But recent good performance conceals fundamental challenges to the market’s competitive position and prospective profitability, AM Best has said in a report. 6 September 2016
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