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Diversification is essential for evolving the cyber insurance market, yet expanding the cyber remit beyond data confidentiality and further into areas such as operational technology risk, data availability and integrity demands a common cyber risk currency, according to Morley Speed, managing director, and Carolyn Morley, chairman, global casualty, Guy Carpenter. 11 September 2017
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Hurricane Irma could possibly be a market-changing event, depending on its path and the level of damage it causes, according to Fitch Ratings. 11 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
The reinsurance sector is in the challenging later stages of a soft market, meaning conditions remain ripe for mergers and acquisitions (M&A), Robert DeRose, senior director of reinsurance at AM Best, told Monte Carlo Today. 11 September 2017
Insurance
Rating agency Fitch has said its outlook for the global reinsurance sector in 2018 remains negative as falling prices and low investment yields put pressure on profits. 11 September 2017
Insurance
The insurtech revolution will have a massive impact on the primary insurance market and has the potential to shrink the business available to reinsurers, Christian Mumenthaler, the chief executive of Swiss Re, told Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2017
Insurance
Reinsurers forced to increase their reserves in the wake of recent changes to the Ogden formula in the UK—the discount rate used for personal injury claims in the UK—could look to pass these costs on to their cedants by increasing rates on some lines of business, Mark O’Riordan, group reinsurance director at Ecclesiastical, told Monte Carlo Today. 10 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
While he would never wish to overpay for reinsurance, Stephen Postlewhite, chief executive officer of Aspen Insurance and the former CEO of Aspen Re, says he prefers to form long-term, sustainable partnerships with reinsurers which are profitable for both parties. 10 September 2017
Insurance
Unless there is an appreciation of looking at flood risk more holistically and using some of the science-driven solutions available, the industry will continue to be surprised by increasingly intense rainfall episodes such as those seen with Hurricane Harvey, Jay Guin, chief research officer at AIR Worldwide, told Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2017
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