GR Baden-Baden 2018: day 2 live
Read the second day of GR’s coverage of the Reinsurance Meeting 2018 in Baden-Baden, Germany
GR Baden-Baden 2018: day 1 live
Read the first day of GR’s coverage of the Reinsurance Meeting 2018 in Baden-Baden, Germany
Reinsurer ROE near cost of capital
Sponsored: Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions business has completed its study of reinsurers’ financial performance in the first half of 2018. Head of Market Analysis Mike Van Slooten tells David Benyon that alternative capital approached the $100bn mark at the half-year stage, while traditional reinsurers are battling to cover their cost of ...
How cyber modelling can help underwriters make accurate decisions
Sponsored: Swiss Re’s Eric Durand discusses how underwriting trends and cyber modelling/data analytics from reinsurers can help underwriters make more accurate decisions
Munich Re to focus cyber strategy on SMEs
Doris Höpke revealed 90% of Munich Re’s cyber book is made up by SME clients, who she says are disproportionately affected by cyber attacks compared to larger corporates
Russian losses drive pricing rises, demand set to rise
Hannover Re’s Alexandre Guerassimenko says Russian losses will drive rate increses in the affected programmes
GR Innovation & Insurtech Bermuda: Global leader in AI to open upcoming insurtech event
With less than a month to go until Global Reinsurance’s Innovation & Insurtech event in Bermuda, we caught up with our keynote, Rob High, chief technology officer at IBM Watson, to discuss the future of AI and what it could mean for the industry
Smaller brokers pushing boundaries amid consolidation – Lockton Re’s Waterkeyn
Fewer, bigger clients in established markets leads smaller broker to other growing regions, Lockton Re told GR in Baden-Baden
RMS director urges companies to consider Europe flood risk
Alexander Schneider told GR insurers and reinsurers have taken their eye off European flood risk
European cat prices to fall “single digits” at 1/1 – Willis Re
Willis Re’s Dirk Spenner says cat exposed property reinsurance treaties are expected to fall on 1 January
Europe a tough market to break into – Guy Carpenter’s Hewitt
Guy Carpenter’s Richard Hewitt says European reinsurance remains competitive, warning of difficulties for newcomers entering the market
Tiering is a myth, says Aon's Thofern
Talk of tiering is overblown and the opposite could be the case, Aon Reinsurance Solutions’ Deutschland CEO Jan-Oliver Thofern told GR. David Benyon reports
Ransomware could displace data theft as leading cyber risk
Ransomware attacks are becoming more targeted, with greater ransoms being sought
Europe’s next top models for AIR
The catastrophe risk modelling firm has been updating its European models and expanding their breadth across countries and lines of business
Swiss Re is changing its view on cyber risk – CUO Schmid
One year after the reinsurer’s CEO said it was still bearish on reinsuring cyber risk, Swiss Re has evolved its view of it, according to the reinsurer’s group chief underwriting officer, Edi Schmid
Gossmann readying new Maltese venture
Munich Re has a 90% quota share on Gossmann’s new Malta-domiciled protected cell operation
GC Symposium: You don’t have to be big to be beautiful
The trend for mergers and global composites is not the panacea it seems, Hamilton CEO Pina Albo told Guy Carpenter’s Baden-Baden Reinsurance Symposium
When collateralised is no longer collateralised
ILS investors want to redeploy capital as quickly as a contract allows, despite slowly-developing cat losses. David Benyon reports
Coming full circle: Why insurers are turning to real estate investing
Sponsored: Aon’s Gerard-Jan van Berckel unpicks some of the reasons behind re/insurers’ growing appetites for real estate investments
The top cyber risks for insurers
Sponsored: Swiss Re’s Maya Bundt discusses the biggest cyber risks for insurers and whether the solutions from reinsurers are adequate for today’s fast-evolving cyber landscape
Reinsurers flexible on European cat pricing – Willis Re’s Tsimaratos
Following discussions in Monte Carlo, Willis Re expects rate flexibility from European reinsurers for the Continent’s catastrophe risks, while demand for earnings covers at lower attachment points provides reinsurers with some pricing opportunities
Stable pricing expected, outlook positive – Swiss Re’s Higginbotham
Margins remain low, but Swiss Re’s Russell Higginbotham thinks the mood is positive and expects a stable renewal at 1/1
Can insurtech revolutionise the re/insurance sector?
By Adrian Morgan, executive vice-president and head of AdvantageGo at NIIT Technologies
GIC Re: Committed to the market
Q&A with GIC Re’s General Manager, Devesh Srivastava. In association with GIC Re
TigerRisk: Insurers of the Future - What They Have in Common
TigerRisk’s head of EMEA lists attributes of outperforming companies. By Marc Beckers, in association with TigerRisk
CEO 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
Rising interest rates to boost insurers’ profitability – Moody’s
Confidence in a gradual, if uneven, rise in global interest rates may be starting to take hold, according to a report from Moody’s Investors Service
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
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
Growing pains for top tier German reinsurers, says Jefferies
Munich Re is best placed among reinsurers to manage the re/insurance cycle, said the investment firm