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Insurance

How realistic are insurance growth prospects in Latin America?

Eduardo Recinos Schonborn at Fitch Ratings compares insurance penetration, risk exposure and multiple economic factors to identify true growth opportunity in the region.   1 March 2024

Reinsurance

Reinsurance margin peak on the horizon as profits draw capacity: Fitch

The cat bond bonanza may roll on in 2024 to add margin pressure to top layers   29 February 2024

Reinsurance

Reinsurance ‘intensive’ for cat-prone Latin America

From hurricanes to droughts and the ‘fire belt’, the scale of cat exposure in LatAm creates intense demand for cat and operational reinsurance, says Eduardo Recinos Schonborn at Fitch Ratings.   1 March 2024

Insurance

D&O rates followed frequency boon, ignored severity time-bombs: AM Best

Don’t be fooled by record low loss ratios, severity drivers may yet prove rate inadequacy.   4 March 2024

Insurance

Unstable optimism in LatAm

It may be politics as much as premiums that is the deciding factor when it comes to Latin America’s re/insurance prospects. There’s massive scope for growth, but players cannot ignore a history of political instability, says II panel.   5 March 2024

Alternative Risk Transfer

The Latin American re/insurance market: a rich retrospective

In our special LatAm focus during March 2024, Intelligent Insurer will reflect on and review the highs and lows of this huge, opportunity-filled region, starting with this look back at the conference.   1 March 2024

Reinsurance

Marco Re gets A- rating from AM Best post transformation

The carrier was formed through the merger of Humboldt Re and Kelvin Re.   27 February 2024

Risk Management

Hurricane Otis: the end of LatAm’s nat cat calm

Re/insurers in the region saw their four-year nat cat hiatus shattered in October, just as political turbulence looms—with 2024 marked out as a year of elections, says AM Best.   1 March 2024

Insurance

Lemonade will double growth spend in ’24 to regain target run rate

AI’s power to improve loss & expense ratios will ‘more than offset’ added growth spend.   28 February 2024

Insurance

Specialty aviation draws capacity, but can’t soften all lines

Airline covers are hording the benefits of new capacity; hull war & AVN52 a mixed bag.   27 February 2024

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