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The decision to set the Ogden discount rate at minus 0.25 percent is likely to push people being awarded large insurance payouts to demand lump sum payments, rather than periodic payment orders (PPO). 23 October 2019
Insurance
Contrary to expectations that solvency ratios would start to be seen as a substitute for credit ratings, credit ratings are in fact becoming more important, Stuart Shipperlee, managing director of Litmus Analysis, told Baden-Baden Today. 23 October 2019
Insurance
The fact that the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) needs to be renewed in an election year adds a potential complication to Congress’s reauthorising the terrorism insurance backstop, according to analysts at AM Best. 22 October 2019
Insurance
Solutions to the issue of silent cyber are emerging amid the uncertainties, according to Guy Carpenter. But firms must take this issue seriously as regulators and rating agencies are now taking a close interest in the issue with the risk of downgrades very real for companies that do not get a handle on the challenge. 22 October 2019
Insurance
AM Best expects reinsurers’ earnings to see further erosion in 2019 following another year of major catastrophe losses, but the spate of catastrophe events may prolong the positive momentum that reinsurance pricing has experienced throughout 2019. 22 October 2019
Insurance
Rates increases are now “very wide scale” across the industry but not necessarily completely across the board—yet. What is clear is that in a time of extraordinary change and uncertainty, pricing must reach a level that is sustainable, and clients need the support of their reinsurers. 22 October 2019
Insurance
The chief underwriting officer of Everest Insurance, the specialty insurance operation of the Everest Re Group, is in Boston this week seeking deeper and more intimate relationships with its reinsurers. 22 October 2019
Insurance
Munich Re says developments in data analytics and artificial intelligence have enabled it to discover hidden loss drivers and respond accordingly, for example by introducing loss-prevention measures or adjusting pricing. 22 October 2019
Insurance
Cyber is one of Munich Re’s main strategic growth areas, according to Doris Hopke, member of the board of management at the reinsurer. She said that while the cyber segment part of the firm’s market “is still small” the number of incidents is increasing rapidly, and the financial impact of these incidents is becoming more severe. 22 October 2019
Insurance
Following its rating upgrade to ‘A’ last year, Sava Re is taking on more cat business and enjoying steady growth, as the firm’s Peter Skvarča and Edward Ottino tell Baden-Baden Today. 22 October 2019
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