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Trapped… again?

Even the darkest cloud has a silver lining but it was – until this weekend, at least* – difficult to find one for Typhoon Hagibis.

Mon 21 Oct 2019

Genstar backs Jewett program fronting start-up

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Genstar backs Jewett program fronting start-up

Former Endurance Specialty president Bill Jewett has secured cornerstone backing from US private equity giant Genstar Capital for his new hybrid program fronting start-up, Obsidian Specialty, The Insurer can reveal.

Sun 20 Oct 2019

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Baden-Baden 2019: Monday edition

Welcome to the second day of our coverage from the 2019 Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting!

Sun 20 Oct 2019

Time for a new, data-led approach to downstream energy risk?

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Time for a new, data-led approach to downstream energy risk?

Russell Group has been modelling risks in the energy market for some time now to help energy underwriters understand their peak exposures, managing director Suki Basi tells The Insurer. Yet, the most recent run of losses in the class has been highly unusual…

Sun 20 Oct 2019

Climate resilience: an industry responsibility

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Climate resilience: an industry responsibility

As the effects of climate change become increasingly apparent across the world, Ruth Lux, head of Public Sector EMEA at Guy Carpenter talks to The Insurer about the central role the (re)insurance sector has to play in ensuring that the growing impact of related events does not further expand the insurance gap.

Sun 20 Oct 2019

We won’t “punish” European clients for US loss events: DEVK Re

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We won’t “punish” European clients for US loss events: DEVK Re

As the 1.1 renewal period rapidly approaches, DEVK Re’s head of non-life reinsurance, Beatrix Grimm, and non-life deputy head of underwriting, Cliff Falkenhagen, spoke to The Insurer about their strategy to form long-term partnerships and beat fluctuating premium levels for their insurers.

Sun 20 Oct 2019

Introducing RICAP “Connecting Risk to Capital” – a digital marketplace of the future

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Introducing RICAP “Connecting Risk to Capital” – a digital marketplace of the future

Kathleen Faries, the former head of Tokio Millennium Re Bermuda, sat down with The Insurer to discuss her role as chair of ChainThat’s Bermuda-based digital initiative – Risk Meets Capital (RICAP).

Sun 20 Oct 2019

Investor appetite will shape 1.1 renewals

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Investor appetite will shape 1.1 renewals

Despite the noise around adverse development of recent large losses, head of business intelligence for Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions business, Mike Van Slooten, maintains that the reinsurance sector is in a relatively strong position.

Sun 20 Oct 2019

Steering casualty towards more profitable horizons

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Steering casualty towards more profitable horizons

Executives gathered at a roundtable hosted by The Insurer during this year’s Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous to discuss the challenges and opportunities of today’s rapidly shifting casualty market.

Sun 20 Oct 2019

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The state of the market

Senior reinsurance executives weigh in on rate momentum, the reinsurance ‘lag’ and the dark clouds on the horizon for the industry…

Sun 20 Oct 2019

Hagibis adds to retro uncertainty at 1.1

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Hagibis adds to retro uncertainty at 1.1

As the industry assesses the damage from a second Japanese typhoon in a matter of weeks, there is a growing expectation that a significantly tighter retro market will add momentum to property cat reinsurance renewals at 1 January.

Sun 20 Oct 2019

Capital markets open for terrorism “diversifier” while carriers hunt for rate

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Capital markets open for terrorism “diversifier” while carriers hunt for rate

Capital markets are increasingly seeing the potential of terrorism risk as an important diversifier within investment portfolios but underwriters’ concerns are dominated by a lack of third party models and a depressing rate environment, The Insurer understands.

Sun 20 Oct 2019

Expansive BMS signs up Irvan from Willis Re

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Expansive BMS signs up Irvan from Willis Re

Willis Re North America executive Jeff Irvan has resigned from the firm to join ambitious reinsurance broker BMS as chief property officer, The Insurer can reveal.

Sun 20 Oct 2019

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APCIA 2019: Sunday edition

Welcome to the first day of our coverage from the 2019 APCIA Annual Meeting!

Sun 20 Oct 2019

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Guy Carpenter’s Reina on the evolution of reinsurance buying in Europe and MENA

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Guy Carpenter’s Reina on the evolution of reinsurance buying in Europe and MENA

(Re)insurance buying strategies are continuing to evolve with increasing demand from insurance buyers for a closer relationship with both markets and their brokers, according to Massimo Reina, CEO of Continental Europe & MENA at Guy Carpenter.

Sun 20 Oct 2019

The future of reinsurance - Monte Carlo roundtable

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The future of reinsurance - Monte Carlo roundtable

Amongst the raft of topics discussed at The Insurer roundtable in Monte Carlo, the issue of the divergence between insurance, reinsurance and retrocessional pricing generated significant debate, with talk of insurance pricing accelerating across all lines and geographies. Retro, for people that buy it, is also up and accelerating, with reinsurance seemingly caught in the middle.

Sun 20 Oct 2019