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News AgendaCEO debate: Huge cyber loss required to shake up pricing
A panel of industry leaders debated at this year’s Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous what it might take to finally shift pricing in the reinsurance sector
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Japan’s Typhoon Jebi cost Swiss Re $500m in Q3
Swiss Re’s natural catastrophe claims burden of $1.1bn in the third quarter was dominated by Japanese weather-related losses
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Hurricane Michael: the strongest US landfall since Andrew
Catastrophe risk modellers have been tracking the storm’s behaviour and likely $6-10bn re/insurance losses, as Michael continues its path inland after crossing the Florida Panhandle
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Cincinnati Financial to buy Munich Re-owned Beaufort
The US insurer has agreed a €116m deal to buy Munich Re-owned MSP Underwriting, operating through Beaufort, which underwrites for Lloyd’s Syndicate 318
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September’s nat cats reveal under-insurance – Aon
Tens of billions of dollars in economic losses to hurricane, flood and earthquake disasters highlight the protection gap, according to Aon’s Impact Forecasting
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Guy Carpenter preparing Blue Line facility for 1/1
Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter is preparing a new London market reinsurance broking facility for facultative business globally, GR can reveal
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Lloyd’s clarifies claims situation after Brexit
A Part VII transfer will see Lloyd’s transfer its existing European Economic Area business to its Brussels company
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Typhoons Trami and Jebi may hurt Japanese insurers’ ratings – S&P
September storms could be a blow to the creditworthiness of Japan’s top three insurers, according to S P Global Ratings
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Ren Re investor calls for sale
TimesSquare Capital Management wrote an open letter to RenaissanceRe’s board, imploring them to sell the Bermudian reinsurer after the wave of recent re/insurance M A activity
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Insurtech collaborations winning out against acquisitions - report
Three-in-four insurance executives favour partnering on a solution-as-a-service basis, rather than buying insurtech firms, according to the World Insurtech Report 2018 from Capgemini and Efma
