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HDI’s Vigier: France has a long journey to being a captive-friendly domicile

David Vigier, chief commercial officer and head of captives strategy at HDI, told The Insurer TV that France’s regulatory overhaul in 2023 to become a captive-friendly domicile took years of lobbying from the risk management community.

It is my belief that we are at the beginning of a global parametric insurance revolution. Parametric is the lead violin in a symphony of risk transfer

Bradley Meier, CEO of NormanMax Syndicate 3939

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Swiss Re’s Roder highlights challenges and opportunities in casualty lines

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Swiss Re’s Arquint: Corporates turn to alternative risk transfer amid rising global threats

As global risks become increasingly complex and costly, more corporate companies are turning to alternative risk transfer solutions to better manage their exposure, CEO for the EMEA region at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, Nina Arquint has told The Insurer TV.

Swiss Re’s Lot: Five year >$100bn nat cat loss record musn’t be sidelined in renewal discussions

Swiss Re’s Holzheu: Falling interest rates unlikely to lessen industry returns

Swiss Re’s Holzheu: Litigation financiers widening the US protection gap

Swiss Re’s Haegeli: (Re)insurers finally “coming out of a period of financial repression”

Swiss Re’s McGrath: Faster decision-making and reducing complexity key to successful leadership

Swiss Re’s Lohbeck: Industry must evolve to meet risk transfer needs of energy transition

Swiss Re’s Steinmann: Up to $5bn of additional EMEA property cat limit set to be purchased at 1.1

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Property catastrophe

Swiss Re’s Steinmann: Up to $5bn of additional EMEA property cat limit set to be purchased at 1.1

Swiss Re has forecast a sharp uptick in demand for property cat reinsurance at 1.1, with between $4bn and $5bn of additional limit set to be purchased in the EMEA region.

Mon 23 Oct 2023

Swiss Re’s Scotti: Industry key to “de-risking” infrastructure projects in emerging markets

Close Quarter

Property catastrophe

Swiss Re’s Scotti: Industry key to “de-risking” infrastructure projects in emerging markets

Capital "doesn't flow fast enough into infrastructure projects in emerging markets," said Veronica Scotti, chair of Swiss Re’s Public Sector Solutions, citing the “perception of risk” as the key contributing factor.

Tue 17 Oct 2023

Swiss Re’s da Victoria Lobo: SRCC risks increasingly front of mind for reinsurers

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Losses

Swiss Re’s da Victoria Lobo: SRCC risks increasingly front of mind for reinsurers

Reinsurers are increasingly concerned about losses from strikes, riots and civil commotion after a surge in political unrest this year, according to Swiss Re’s head of P&C reinsurance for western and southern Europe, Nikhil da Victoria Lobo.

Mon 11 Sep 2023

Swiss Re: $100bn nat cat loss years are the “new normal”

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Losses

Swiss Re: $100bn nat cat loss years are the “new normal”

Swiss Re’s Urs Baertschi has warned the industry that annual cat losses of $100bn per year should be considered the “new normal” following an estimated $50bn of market-wide losses during H1.

Sun 10 Sep 2023

German reinsurance duo best positioned to take advantage of opportunities at “late and messy” 1.1 renewal

Swiss Re’s Steinmann warns casualty ceding commissions “must come down” as inflation skyrockets

MS Reinsurance’s Wiest: Inflation risk will increase discipline in long-tail lines

RMS: Extreme weather vindicates investment in flood, wildfire models

Swiss Re’s Ojeisekhoba: Inflation set to be “number one” renewal discussion topic

ICEYE sets it sights on closing protection gap

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