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Some insurers are implementing only the minimum data protection standards as required in a jurisdiction—but this approach will cause problems for them, according to Darren Wray, CEO of consultancy firm Fifth Step.   13 September 2017
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The advent of artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things, robotics and big data is transforming global economic systems and, in turn, revolutionising risk assessment and underwriting through the use of machine learning algorithms, Tim Yeates, managing director of Axco, told Monte Carlo Today.   13 September 2017
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Since it started writing external business some 10 years ago, VIG Re has built up a reputation as a specialist in Austria and Central and Eastern Europe. But it is now starting to set its sights further afield, Johannes Martin Hartmann, its chief executive, told Monte Carlo Today.   13 September 2017
Insurance
The insurance market is increasingly looking towards managing general agents (MGAs) as it copes with a set of difficult trading conditions, according to two leading executives at Asta Managing Agency.   13 September 2017
Insurance
Providers of alternative capacity to the risk transfer business will not be spooked by the series of hurricanes that have hit the US, despite the high losses and the fact that the trajectory of the storms was unusual, David Flandro, global head of analytics JLT Re, told Monte Carlo Today.   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
Alternative Risk Transfer
The important role of Bermuda in the aftermath of potentially big losses stemming from hurricanes Harvey and Irma was centre of the debate at the annual Bermuda:Re+ILS Monte Carlo Roundtable.   12 September 2017
Insurance
According to AM Best, the global reinsurance market in 2017 is wrestling with the French saying ‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’—usually translated as ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same’.   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
All re/insurers and brokers are grappling with the implications of an unprecedented wave of new technologies labelled ‘insurtech’ which are capable of transforming their businesses. In a webinar sponsored by Xceedance, four senior executives debated how insurers, reinsurers and brokers should respond to this barrage of change and innovation.   11 September 2017

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