All Global Reinsurance articles in On-Line Archive – Page 18
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ViewpointsBig ideas from a small island
John Racher reports back from the GR Innovation & Insurtech event in Bermuda where attendees explored the challenges and opportunities of new technology and discussed their vision of the future and its changing lexicon.
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News AgendaRates flat at renewals, ILS market halted
Contrasting realities and unchartered territory summed up Willis Re and JLT Re’s broker perspectives on 1/1 renewals
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PublicationTrust Re Belt & Road Special Report
Read the Trust Re special report on China’s Belt & Road initiative here.
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ViewpointsEditor's letter: Insurtech takes centre stage
Insurtech has moved from a peripheral re/insurance topic to the centre stage, GR consulting editor David Benyon writes
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PublicationGR Winter Edition 2018
Read the Q4 edition of GR, including features on wildfire, pandemic risk to mark the 100 year anniversary of Spanish influenza, and a roundup of coverage from Monte, Baden and SIRC.
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News AgendaInsurtech investment doubles, teams up with parametric
Willis Towers Watson recorded more than $1.3bn of insurtech funding in the third quarter, double the level a year previously
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FeaturesPandemic risk: 100 years since Spanish flu
The potential for devastating pandemics is still there, with major accumulation risks for insurers and reinsurers increasingly relevant for non-life lines of business. By David Benyon
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ViewpointsQ&A with Jayne Plunkett: Swiss Re’s new Silk Road
Jayne Plunkett, chief executive of reinsurance Asia at Swiss Re, tells Global Reinsurance about the reinsurer’s plans for the region
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ViewpointsBetter data: the future is here - Catex
As a software company that has three core products; Pivot Point for Brokers and MGAs; Data Vera for Binders; and Data Vera for Exposure Management, we always ask clients if they have data challenges
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ViewpointsBeazley: How demand for cyber BI is shaping the market in Asia
Nicholas Tey, financial lines regional manager for Asia at Beazley, explains why there is a growing focus on cyber business interruption as a driver of loss for Asian businesses and how international data protection regulation is shaping the threat environment
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ViewpointsAon: How flood models will help make markets
Dr Petr Puncochar from Aon’s Impact Forecasting team considers how improving data and analytics tools can help to close the flood protection gap and build a more resilient future
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AnalysisReinsurance market M&A continued in 2018
When RenaissanceRe announced it was acquiring Tokio Millennium Re for $1.5bn it was just the latest in a series of deals that have been reshaping the reinsurance sector over the past couple of years
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News AgendaCyber insurers seek opportunities from $300m Marriott breach
The ABI said the latest data breach incident highlighted how vital cyber insurance is for all firms to have in place
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ViewpointsAon: modelling a new peak zone
GR in association with Aon talked to Himavant Mulugu, flood model developer and associate director, Impact Forecasting, about the legacy of the 2011 Thai floods and what advances have been made since that time to improve the understanding of flood exposures in Thailand and the wider region.
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News AgendaContingency focus for Beazley in Asia
From K-Pop concerts to the Singapore Airshow, contingency covers are in demand in Asia
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News AgendaInsured cat losses hit $86bn annual average – AIR study
Preparedness for large losses before they occur is critical to solvency and resilience, AIR’s annual extreme event risk report emphasised
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AnalysisILS investors count losses from Camp Fire
Wildfires will cost excess and surplus lines insurers, reinsurers and ILS investors, after the Camp Fire goes down as the worst wildfire in Californian history
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News AgendaInspiration panel: startups favouring MGA model
Half-baked ideas about disruption are not helpful, noted a panel at GR Innovation & Insurtech 2018 in Bermuda
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News AgendaTech spends need cost/benefit analysis
Insurtech drives are increasingly incremental, favouring marginal gains via short-term fixes rather than grand plans
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News AgendaAI revolution to meet data challenge and amplify cognition – IBM Watson CTO
Artificial intelligence will be revolutionary in amplifying human cognition, as data continue to grow exponentially, IBM Watson’s Rob High told GR’s Innovation & Insurtech 2018 event in Bermuda
