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Insurance
In association with Swiss Re, Monte Carlo Today conducted a survey of senior industry executives ahead of and during the conference. 10 September 2018
Insurance
Overcapacity should dictate a stable renewal and reinsurers should therefore remain mindful of the effect that steep rate hikes can have on smaller players in less developed markets, says Robert Easton of Matrix Insurance & Reinsurance Brokers. 10 September 2018
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The depressed situation in the marine insurance segment is unlikely to change any time soon, but Munich Re believes that investing in technology will allow it to better select and price risk, and is hoping for a first-mover advantage and to provide new products, John Wilkinson, chief executive of global marine partnership Munich Re, told Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2018
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Economic recovery in Latin America is slowly improving the growth outlook for reinsurers in the region, but strong competition is expected to exert pressure on rates and earnings, Patria Re CEO Manuel Escobedo, told Monte Carlo Today. 10 September 2018
Insurance
Rate increases have tapered off since the January 2018 renewal, with lower, single-digit rate increases in the June and July renewals, according to Megan McConnell, director of underwriting London at Hiscox Re & ILS. 10 September 2018
Insurance
Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for the global reinsurance sector to stable from negative, saying it believes that earnings have settled at a “new normal”, with return on capital likely to be more modest but less volatile than before. 10 September 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) are expanding into new perils following investors’ appetite, and London might benefit from this growth potential following the introduction of a new regulatory framework, Jean-Louis Monnier, Swiss Re Capital Markets global co-head of ILS, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Insurance
A year on from hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria (HIM), perhaps the biggest surprise of these events was the wide disparity in the loss estimates for each storm, Karen Clark, co-founder and CEO of Karen Clark & Company (KCC) and one of the pioneers of risk models, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Insurance
Technology will be the key to making the insurance industry more accessible—but the pace of innovation must also match the opportunity and demand, Gerry Tighe, head of treaty, Matrix Insurance & Reinsurance Brokers, told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
Insurance
Using live data from ship and cargo movements, insurers and reinsurers will be able to price and select the marine risk they want to underwrite more accurately, EY executives told Monte Carlo Today. 9 September 2018
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