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Some re/insurance executives yearn for the heady days of a hard market but most are more realistic, given the abundance of capital in the industry. The recent hurricanes have given the market an insight into just how rates might respond to big losses, as Intelligent Insurer reports. 25 September 2017
Insurance
Syndicate Research Limited (SRL) has placed Lloyd's syndicate 4444 (Canopius Managing Agents Limited) under review for possible downgrade after confirmation that Sompo Canopius is due to be acquired by a private equity consortium led by Centerbridge Partners in the first quarter of 2018. 14 September 2017
Insurance
The current hurricane activity, which may continue during the rest of the year, could prove to be an acid test of reinsurers’ enterprise risk management (ERM) strategies, Stuart Shipperlee, partner at Litmus Analysis, told Monte Carlo Today. 13 September 2017
Insurance
Despite the importance to reinsurers, and cedants in many cases, of achieving and maintaining a desirable financial strength rating, many companies still fail to grasp the complexity of rating agencies’ methodology—and some face downgrades as a result. 13 September 2017
Insurance
If Hurricane Irma becomes a capital event for reinsurers they will have to mull over options to replenish the capital, S&P executives told Monte Carlo Today. 12 September 2017
Insurance
Many reinsurers underestimate the obstacles that often still need to be overcome when it comes to turning a positive outlook from a rating agency into an upgrade. But it is still achievable if the rating agency’s methodology and requirements are better understood. 12 September 2017
Insurance
Five seasoned executives from the re/insurance industry discussed technology, talent, reserves and, of course, pricing in the context of potentially costly hurricane losses at the annual S&P Reinsurance Roundtable at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous. 11 September 2017
Insurance
Reinsurers—especially those writing long-tail quota share business—should pay much closer attention to the financial health of their cedants or face what could be dire consequences if that insurer goes out of business. 11 September 2017
Insurance
As the US braces for Hurricane Irma, the re/insurance industry is preparing itself for the fallout from what could be one of the most costly losses to hit the industry in decades—and the big question is how alternative capital providers will react if losses escalate. 10 September 2017
Insurance
A mix of further declining rates, low investment returns and unsustainable reserve releases could push the return on equity of the reinsurance sector below the cost of capital and trigger a rating review, according to S&P Global Ratings. 10 September 2017
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