Monte Carlo 2019: Sunday edition
Welcome to the first day of our coverage from the 2019 Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous!
We are delighted to provide you with the first electronic copy of The Insurer’s daily Monte Carlo edition. Here you will find the latest news, analysis and intelligence from our team of journalists and analysts attending the Rendez-Vous.
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NEWS
Lloyd’s chairman: reforms will mean nothing if acquisition costs don’t fall
Lloyd’s chair Bruce Carnegie-Brown has spoken of the need to ensure efficiency gains ultimately feed through to supporting lower expense ratios and acquisition costs
Reinsurance firming has legs: Ryan Re
RSG’s reinsurance MGA believes improving market conditions are sustainable and sees a strong opportunity to grow its book of broker-accessed third party business
Tysers buys RFIB as London market M&A rolls on
Tysers and its owner Odyssey Partners has acquired the private equity-owned RFIB Insurance Brokers
R&Q confirms ILS support for legacy deals as share price leaps
The founder of legacy and program specialist Ken Randall has confirmed the group is using ILS capacity to support acquisitions
ANALYSIS
The head of Hyperion’s newly launched data and technology business, David Flandro, shares analysis of the global reinsurance market
Second tier-ranked reinsurance brokers plot 2019/20 growth
The Insurer’s Top 10 Reinsurance Broker rankings confirm proforma GC-JLT Re in top spot
Jebi and Michael deterioration hits Lloyd’s big guns in latest syndicate forecasts
A number of heavyweight Lloyd’s (re)insurers have posted worsening 2018 results but the market’s 2017 results continue to improve, analysis by The Insurer has shown
INTERVIEWS
RSG CEO Pat Ryan and Ryan Re CEO Brian Boornazian on the strategy behind the reinsurance MGU
Clients first, not cross-selling
Industry veteran Steve McGill opens up on what could be the largest ever broker start-up?
Lloyd’s should be an “épicerie fine” rather than a supermarket: Scor’s Kessler
CEO Dennis Kessler sat down for a tête-à-tête with The Insurer following an eventful 12 months at Scor
Guy Carpenter’s James Nash assesses the impact of an unprecedented two-year loss period
Argo Group’s head of reinsurance says changes are needed heading into 2020 renewals
Q&A with Rob Bredahl, newly appointed president of TigerRisk
The Insurer meets the newly appointed president of TigerRisk
COMMENT AND OPINION
In an industry that takes on the burden of the world’s disasters, boring is good
Watford Re confident differentiated model will deliver for investors
Watford Re is optimistic that it will deliver strong book value growth for the remainder of 2019
Aon Securities CEO Paul Schultz provides an overview of the recent trends in ILS
RMS’s Margaret Joseph on the compounding effects that may have influenced Jebi loss development
Does mutuality hold the key to surviving a disrupted world?
Liberty Mutual Re’s Dieter Winkle on why the mutual model has stood the test of time
Introducing RICAP “Connecting Risk to Capital” – a digital marketplace of the future
ChainThat’s Kathleen Faries discusses her role as chair of the firms Bermuda-based digital initiative – Risk Meets Capital