October 2018/1
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Rising rates will bolster investment portfolios but spur casualty inflation.
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Separating the exposure from traditional risks could help the aviation market offer more suitable cover.
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As the global market landscape shifts investors should ready the aspirin for when the occasional lumpy quarter means results miss expectations.
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Some contracts may also require the reinsurer to re-capitalise any shortfall in anticipated claims.
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The combined Markel-Nephila entity will manage almost $30bn of capital.
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Over-zealous regulation raises the risk that companies will simply withdraw, reducing customer choice and the provision of vital services.
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The gamble for carriers is which InsurTechs to work with and how much skin to put into the game.
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Top talent risk foreseen in property cat and casualty reinsurance and aviation.
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The ease with which clients can change brokers or go direct to the writers of risk will be among other considerations for anti-trust regulators.
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Jebi, summer floods and Trami with leave reinsurers with significant losses.
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Hurricane Florence and typhoons Jebi and Mangkhut brought collectively tens of billions of dollars of insured losses in September.
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Rates were being quoted flat to up 10 percent for 1 October as the Lloyd’s performance drive spurs action from carriers
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The big-ticket primary arm ran up huge losses in 2017 after falling to a slim underwriting loss the year before.
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Insurers ignore digitisation at their peril, the CEO of insurance standards body Acord has warned.
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A need for top talent dominated discussions amid M&A fallout and tough market conditions.
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Drones, autonomous cars and blockchain all contribute to the changing face of the industry.
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The New York gathering saw several industry leaders stress the need for (re)insurers to attract young talent to the field.
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