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Alternative Risk Transfer
The spate of heavy losses in 2017 and 2018, compounded by ‘loss creep’ as some funds struggled to post accurate loss estimates, seems to have made ILS investors pause for thought, with many being much more circumspect as to where to place their money. Intelligent Insurer investigates. 13 February 2019
Insurance
London-based managing general agent Lodestar Marine, a part of Ryan Specialty Group (RSG), has entered into an agreement with Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance to provide protection and indemnity (P&I) insurance to the owners of small and specialised ships. 13 February 2019
Insurance
Lloyd's re/insurance broker RFIB Group has established new permanent offices in Montecasino, Johannesburg, to further expand its presence in Africa. 12 February 2019
Insurance
Everest Re Group’s profits dipped in 2018 as a result of high levels of catastrophe losses during the year but the company’s CEO said he was pleased to still make a profit and praised the diversification of the company’s portfolio. 12 February 2019
Insurance
Lloyd’s underwriter StarStone is closing its Australia office following a "strategic review" and has appointed Agile Underwriting as a representative agent for the global specialty insurer in Australia and New Zealand. 12 February 2019
Insurance
Bermuda-based re/insurer Ascot and specialty insurer Beazley have come together to launch a Lloyd’s based cargo consortium that uses insurtech solutions to help manage risk and claims performance. 12 February 2019
Insurance
Axa has seen a “striking” jump in the perception of climate change as the top emerging risk in its latest survey, said Hélène Chauveau, head of emerging risks at the company. 12 February 2019
Insurance
Figures from Swiss Re show that “$1.3 trillion (70 percent) of global economic losses derived from natural catastrophes in the past 10 years were uninsured”. Gethin Jones and Laurent Sabatié co-founded Skyline Partners to address this gap and have started by focusing on weather risks in India. Intelligent Insurer speaks to them to find out how they plan to close the global protection gap. 12 February 2019
Insurance
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), a part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has entered the casualty market in Italy for the first time, recruiting Paolo Pitton to lead the initiative. 11 February 2019
Insurance
Mergers and acquisitions grew 9 percent in the global insurance sector in 2018 as insurers looked to increase their access to customers and innovation, and benefit from greater scale, according to a Clyde & Co report out today (Monday 11 February). 11 February 2019
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