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While innovation and the ability to be responsive to clients’ needs are often highly valued qualities within a rapidly changing reinsurance industry, sheer size and financial strength are also qualities still considered critical by many buyers. 19 June 2013
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XL Group has appointed Valérie Devaux - Piquer as casualty underwriting manager, Europe, Reinsurance, who joins the business from Transatlantic Reinsurance Company. 17 June 2013
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Experts have highlighted the growing importance rating agencies place on strong enterprise risk management (ERM) within reinsurers and how this criterion is now of critical importance for certain reinsurance groups. 12 June 2013
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French reinsurer SCOR has acquired the US life reinsurance operations of Assicurazioni Generali for €579m ($750m) plus a 2013 earnings adjustment via SCOR Global Life Americas Holding, one of its subsidiaries. 4 June 2013
Awards
The team at Intelligent Insurer are celebrating having achieved a number of notable landmarks in relation to the Global Awards Survey, the results of which will be revealed at a ceremony at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous this year. 21 May 2013
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Two of Europe’s biggest reinsurers – Hannover Re and SCOR – have posted solid results for 2012 benefiting from rate increases on the back of the heavy catastrophe losses of 2011 and a relatively benign loss environment in 2012. 7 March 2013
Insurance
Allianz Risk Transfer and Nephila Capital have finalized an agreement securing another three years of risk capacity for Nephila. Under the agreement, Allianz Risk Transfer will continue to assist Nephila in its natural catastrophe and weather risk strategies, providing specialized services, such as balance sheet access, non-recourse leverage and other flexibility that will continue to benefit Nephila’s investors. Nephila said the extension enhances its ability to offer its clients a portfolio of diversified and high quality investment alternatives while continuing to diversify Allianz Risk Transfer’s business lines. 6 March 2013
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Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings has announced that Jerome Faure will join the company on March 11 as CEO of global reinsurance. He will be responsible for Endurance’s North America, Bermuda and international reinsurance operations. Most recently, Faure was a partner in ILS Capital Management in Bermuda focused on insurance linked securities, industry loss warranties and collateralized reinsurance. Prior to that, he served as director and chief underwriting officer for Tokio Millennium Re. He started his career at Scor. 27 February 2013
Alternative Risk Transfer
Recent cat bond launches have revealed the extent of investor demand for this kind of risk. This is the view of Tony Ursano, chief executive of Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA). 5 November 2012
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