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Hannover Re issues profit warning after cat losses start to bite

Analysts say they will be monitoring the share price of German reinsurer Hannover Re today after it released a statement to say it could fail to hit its promised profits for the calendar year.

Thu 21 Sep 2017

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Cyber

Cyber clauses have to be examined says marine chief

The Chairman of the international Union of Marine insurance’s (IUMI) Ocean Hull Committee, has warned underwriters need to re-examine their approach to cyber risk.

Thu 21 Sep 2017

News

Losses

Marine insurers facing a “new era of disruption”

Opening its annual conference in Tokyo this week, the president of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI), Dieter Berg warned marine insurers that they are facing a new era of disruption.

Thu 21 Sep 2017

News

Losses

Talanx warns on 2017 profits following H2 cat losses

Talanx, the largest shareholder in Hannover Re and Germany’s third-largest insurance group by premium income, said it may miss its 2017 profits target following the roll call of heavy cat events in the second half of this year experienced by Hannover Re.

Wed 20 Sep 2017

CCRIF reaches $100mn milestone with Irma loss triggers

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Losses

CCRIF reaches $100mn milestone with Irma loss triggers

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), the World Bank sponsored risk pool that provides cat cover to its Caribbean members based on parametric triggers, has now paid over $100mn following Hurricane Irma.

Wed 20 Sep 2017

TV

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Marine

Josh Kirklin on the 2017 Houston marine Insurance Seminar

Josh Kirklin – Senior Vice President, Cobbs Allen and 2017 Seminar Chairman, talks to Reinsurance magazine about the opening day of the Seminar and the impact of Hurricane Harvey and how Houston came together to deal with the aftermath.

Wed 20 Sep 2017

News

Losses

Cargo still adrift warns Derrick

The chair of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) Cargo Committee, Nick Derrick has warned the specialist marine market that has to evolve if it is to remain sustainable.

Tue 19 Sep 2017

Comment

Property catastrophe

Dame Inga's off message interview

Angerstein

Tue 19 Sep 2017

Excess capital unlikely to be drained away by H2 cats

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Losses

Excess capital unlikely to be drained away by H2 cats

Despite great uncertainty over the final loss picture for H2, industry leaders gathering at the Rendez-Vous were sceptical that the industry’s excess capital position will drain completely away unless there are further major loss events.

Wed 13 Sep 2017

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Losses

Excess capital unlikely to be drained away by H2 cats

Despite great uncertainty over the final loss picture for H2, industry leaders gathering at the Rendez-Vous were sceptical that the industry’s excess capital position will drain completely away unless there are further major loss events.

Wed 13 Sep 2017

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Cyber

Irma takes rate discussions off the table

While the full impact of hurricanes Irma and Harvey has yet to be calculated the potential losses have dominated the discussions at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous.

Wed 13 Sep 2017

News

Cyber

Swiss Re warns on cyber aggregations

Swiss Re’s head of Reinsurance is urging the industry to take a considered approach to cyber given the potential aggregation risks and that some risks were so systemic that only governments can reinsure.

Tue 12 Sep 2017

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Legacy

Reports of advanced talks highlights R&Q’s commitment to Lloyd’s RITC, says CEO and Chairman Ken Randall

R&Q founder Ken Randall was once head of Lloyd’s regulation but it was the processing and management of its legacy business where he acquired a reputation as a no-nonsense run-off expert.

Tue 12 Sep 2017

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Losses

Irma loss estimates lowered as focus turns to post-event response

US cat exposed shares climbed yesterday as investors breathed a sigh of relief about the eventual cost of Hurricane Irma to the (re)insurance industry.

Tue 12 Sep 2017

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Emmanuel Clarke on how the industry will react after Irma

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Monte Carlo

Emmanuel Clarke on how the industry will react after Irma

Emmanuel Clarke, President and CEO, PartnerRe talks to Reinsurance Magazine at the at the 2017 Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous on how the industry will react to the losses from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

Tue 12 Sep 2017

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Monte Carlo

Ed on the front foot one-year on

Lightyear Capital owned wholesaler Ed is celebrating its first year following its bold rebrand at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous last year and CEO Steve Hearn told Reinsurance Magazine that the broker is now “on the front foot” as it continues to attract talent and compete for new business without the legacies of its past.

Tue 12 Sep 2017