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The real winners in what is a rapidly changing reinsurance industry facing severe “headwinds” will be those players large enough to easily move capital to the most profitable lines while being able to cope with the growing cost and constraints of increased regulatory burdens. 26 June 2014
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The jury is out on whether capital market investors will ultimately find ways of taking on substantial amounts of casualty risk in the same way they have with catastrophe risks but either way there is already a knock on effect on pricing in this market. 26 June 2014
Insurance
Speakers at the International Insurance Society’s annual event gave what amounted to a damning indictment of plans by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) to class some reinsurers as being systemically important to the global economy. 25 June 2014
Insurance
Panellists clashed on whether the reinsurance industry will remain cyclical in its pricing or whether a more fundamental structural shift is taking place at a debate held at the International Insurance Society’s annual conference in London yesterday (Tuesday June 24). 25 June 2014
Insurance
Almost 90 percent of attendees at the International Insurance Society’s annual conference anticipate a period of consolidation for the reinsurance industry, based on a live poll held at the event in London yesterday (Tuesday June 24). 25 June 2014
Insurance
While global insurance hubs such as London (including the Lloyd’s market) and Bermuda remain at the forefront of innovation for the industry, times are changing and the location of people’s desks is less important than it once was. 25 June 2014
Insurance
Greater concerns of counterparty credit risk driven by rating agencies and regulators will benefit mid-tier reinsurers as cedants rationalise their buying panels, according to Albert Benchimol, chief executive of AXIS Capital. 25 June 2014
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French reinsurer SCOR has combined its hubs in Cologne and Zurich, in a move it says will further strengthen its organisational structure in Europe. 24 June 2014
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Society is becoming increasingly risk averse creating an increasingly fast growing market for risk transfer products, which reinsurers will ultimately participate in and benefit from, believes Denis Kessler, chief executive of SCOR. 24 June 2014
Insurance
Denis Kessler, chief executive of SCOR, said he is proud to have been elected to join the International Insurance Society’s (IIS) Hall of Fame in 2014. He said he believed that the honour reflected the turnaround achieved at the global reinsurer during his tenure. 24 June 2014
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