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Insurance
The London Market and Lloyd’s have overcome many challenges in their long history and come out stronger. But with a potential exit from the EU on the horizon and intense competition from other global hubs, can the world’s historical centre for risk transfer remain ahead of the curve for much longer? Intelligent Insurer reports. 14 September 2015
Reinsurance
As the three-way PartnerRe-AXIS-Exor battle proved, the M&A trail can be a challenging and adrenaline-fuelled business. But what is driving such deal frenzy and what is the reality for companies when post-deal reality kicks in and normal business must resume? Intelligent Insurer reports. 14 September 2015
Reinsurance
Amid the turmoil and power struggles that have blighted other mergers and acquisitions in the industry this year, the XL-Catlin union has stayed out of the headlines. Here, Greg Hendrick, the chief executive of XL Catlin’s global reinsurance operations, reveals to Intelligent Insurer what happened the first time the new reinsurance leadership team met and why he sees the firm as well positioned in a rapidly changing reinsurance landscape. 14 September 2015
Insurance
Co-authors James Wrynn and Mark Shumway, managing directors, and Graham Jones, Andrew Cox and Markus Mueller, senior vice presidents, Guy Carpenter, share their views on the impact of regulation regionally, for the re/insurance industry. 14 September 2015
Insurance
Catastrophe risk modelling firm AIR Worldwide has unveiled plans to build an advanced cyber risk model. 14 September 2015
Insurance
Against a backdrop of continued consolidation in the industry, Stuart Shipperlee, managing director, and Karin Clemens, senior consultant, at Litmus Analysis, consider what the rating agencies focus on in a merger or acquisition, and why. 14 September 2015
News
Rating agency AM Best has claimed that the global reinsurers can expect some tough times ahead, as they face a wide range of negative factors. 14 September 2015
Insurance
Headline-grabbing mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the reinsurance sector may do little in themselves to help firms cope with the harsh reality of falling prices and low investment returns, increasing the risk that acquisitions will not generate the value investors anticipate long term, Fitch Ratings has warned. 13 September 2015
Insurance
Vario Global Capital, the new venture unveiled by Guy Carpenter and Vario Partners last week, will help create a new asset class of insurance-linked securities (ILS) that will revolutionise the way insurers manage their capital and which could grow to be six times bigger than the now established asset class of catastrophe-linked bonds. 13 September 2015
Insurance
Rating agencies pay close attention to reinsurers’ competitive positions and determine this, in part, by examining a company’s ability to lead business. Peter Hughes, director at Litmus Analysis, examines the implications of this logic. 13 September 2015
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