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More mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are likely in the industry with deals going to emerge in the last quarter of 2016 and the first quarter of 2017, Arthur Wightman, PwC Bermuda leader and insurance leader for Bermuda & the Caribbean, told Monte Carlo Today. 14 September 2016
Insurance
Bermuda’s strengths as a globally respected place to do business have been highlighted by the ongoing uncertainty over the Brexit vote, according to Greg Wojciechowski, president and chief executive officer of the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX). 14 September 2016
Insurance
As reinsurers claim they cannot afford further price cuts in the year-end renewal, the boss of Allianz Re, which handles the reinsurance strategy of the Allianz Group, has stated he will not seek further rate reductions and is interested only in stable, sustainable pricing. 14 September 2016
Insurance
The question of whether the growing diversity of capital entering the risk transfer industry will ultimately end its traditionally cyclical nature was debated by senior industry executives at the annual Intelligent Insurer roundtable in Monte Carlo. 14 September 2016
Insurance
Euler Hermes Reinsurance has de-risked its portfolio in the last 24 months in a bid to enhance its profitability. It has reduced its total exposure by around 4 percent as a result, to €860 billion ($966 billion) from €890 billion ($1,000 billion) previously, Benoît des Cressonnières, chief executive officer of Euler Hermes, told Monte Carlo Today. 14 September 2016
News
Advances in technology, in particular driverless cars, pose a big challenge but also an array of unique opportunities to the casualty insurance business, Andrew Newman, head of casualty at Willis Re told Monte Carlo Today. 14 September 2016
Insurance
The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market needs to embrace more forms of risk, according to Tom Johansmeyer, assistant vice president, PCS strategy and development at ISO Claims Analytics. 14 September 2016
Insurance
The industry is facing headwinds, tailwinds and crosswinds—experts including Denis Kessler, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of SCOR, discussed these challenges at a PwC-hosted breakfast briefing at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous yesterday. 13 September 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
Despite the fact that returns are lower than they once were investors remain keen to participate in insurance-linked securities (ILS), so issuance levels may get a boost from diversification in terms of new risks being securitised as well as from new legislation that may enable the issuance of ILS in the UK, Chi Hum, Guy Carpenter global head of ILS distribution, told Monte Carlo Today. 13 September 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
Hannover Re is not interested in pushing into the corporate market, in contrast to its main competitors, which see it as a way of diversifying and boosting profitability, the company said at a Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous press conference yesterday. 13 September 2016
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