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Antares plans to combine with sister company Qatar Re to buy reinsurance this year—and predicts rate reductions as a result, head of ceded reinsurance Richard Anson told Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2018
News
The reinsurers of the future will partner with alternative capital, leverage technology, give clients solutions they want and have a good handle on their cost base—those were some of the conclusions of S&P Global’s Annual Reinsurance Roundtable at the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo. 10 September 2018
Insurance
Amid the great uncertainty surrounding the nature of Brexit, insurers and intermediaries must ensure they futureproof their businesses for any outcome, Steve Quinn, managing director and head of mainland Europe, Artex Risk Solutions, tells Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2018
Insurance
While retaining a robust market share in its home of India, GIC Re is increasingly competing on the international stage. Devesh Srivastava, general manager of GIC Re, explains its strategy. 10 September 2018
Insurance
Against a backdrop of high expense ratios, attritional losses and underperforming business, the Lloyd’s market had its worst year in 2017 since the 1990s, according to Stonybook Capital’s first edition ‘Property & Casualty Insurance Review’. 10 September 2018
News
Economic recovery in Latin America is slowly improving the growth outlook for reinsurers in the region, but strong competition is expected to exert pressure on rates and earnings, Patria Re CEO Manuel Escobedo, told Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2018
Insurance
Rate increases have tapered off since the January 2018 renewal, with lower, single-digit rate increases in the June and July renewals, according to Megan McConnell, director of underwriting London at Hiscox Re & ILS. 10 September 2018
Insurance
John Neal is “as good a bet as any” to take on the “toughest job in insurance” according to market observers speaking in reaction to the revelation just before the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous that he will take the reins at Lloyd’s. 9 September 2018
Insurance
Given some of the headlines and predictions of big rate hikes in the aftermath of the 2017 cat losses in the US, most buyers will be pleased with what remains a relatively stable environment for rates as they head to Monte Carlo, Mark O’Riordan, group reinsurance director at Ecclesiastical, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) are expanding into new perils following investors’ appetite, and London might benefit from this growth potential following the introduction of a new regulatory framework, Jean-Louis Monnier, Swiss Re Capital Markets global co-head of ILS, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
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