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NewsAUB CEO declares Tysers deal “exceptionally positive” for Lloyd’s
Lloyd’s and the wider London insurance market will benefit substantially from AUB Group’s £500mn+ (A$880mn) agreed acquisition of Tysers, the CEO of the Australian group has said in an exclusive interview with The Insurer TV.
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Liiba’s CEO Croft: Government must help London market unlock $125bn net-zero opportunity
A flexible regulatory framework will be “critical” if the London market is to realise the $125bn a year premium growth opportunity that could be unlocked from net-zero prospects, according to London & International Insurance Brokers’ Association (Liiba) CEO Christopher Croft.
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Steadfast’s Kelly: Cat events “sucking capital out of the Australian market”
The increase in the frequency and severity of bushfires and flooding in Australia is discouraging investors from providing capital for the Australian insurance market. However, there seems to be enough capital around to sustain such losses, according to Steadfast Group co-founder and CEO Robert Kelly.
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Conduit Re’s Carvey: QS v XoL mix to shift as market dynamics evolve
Conduit Re will continue to adjust the balance of its portfolio between quota share and excess of loss (XoL) as it manages fluctuations in the cycle, CEO Trevor Carvey has said, with the Bermudian reinsurer confident of expanding its footprint at the upcoming mid-year renewals.
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MS Amlin’s Slabbert: Govt intervention may be needed to keep East Coast cover affordable
Natural catastrophe covers in the US remain underpriced by between 10 to 15 percent, the CEO of MS Amlin AUL Johan Slabbert has said, with the executive calling on the government to play a greater role in making insurance affordable for buyers on the East Coast.
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Guy Carpenter’s Carter: Pandemic had “profound effect” on industry talent
Covid-19 has had a significant impact on young professionals in the market, according to Guy Carpenter’s chairman of capital solutions Vicky Carter, who says the industry must do more to meet the demands of the market’s “rising professionals” to ensure it is able to attract and retain the best talent.
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(Re)insurance industry “hasn’t worked out” what cyber risk means: WTW’s Garrard
While cyber presents an enormous growth opportunity for the (re)insurance industry, the market has not yet fully worked out the role it can play in addressing such perils, according to WTW’s global head of risk and broking Adam Garrard.
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WTW’s Garrard: “We’ve probably been more reserved than our noisy neighbours”
WTW’s global head of risk and broking Adam Garrard has said the broker is ready to be more vocal about its accomplishments and capabilities in the market, echoing CEO Carl Hess’s recent call for staff to have “more swagger”.
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Aon’s Christian: Mustn’t “get too far ahead of ourselves” with Resilience UK initiative
Speaking of the recently announced Resilience UK initiative, Aon’s global chairman of Reinsurance Solutions Dominic Christian warned its ambitions to bolster cross-industry and government collaboration against systemic risks must be met with caution and patience.
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Acrisure’s Millwater: Volante acquisition provides “stellar double-digit” growth rate in international business
Acrisure’s recent acquisition of MGA Volante Global has catapulted its organic growth potential in international business “well into the double digits”, Grahame Millwater, president of global insurance at Acrisure, has told The Insurer TV.
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Lloyd’s Neal: Keeping a “weathered eye” on inflation, cat and costs in 2022
On the day Lloyd’s posted its first underwriting profit in five years, The Insurer TV’s Sophie Roberts sat down with Lloyd’s CEO John Neal to talk about the next steps in the market’s performance management drive around key risk areas, how Lloyd’s is putting climate at the heart of what ...
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Enoizi: End of an era at Pool Re
In a week’s time, Julian Enoizi will be stepping down as CEO of Pool Re, a role he has occupied for the last eight and a half years.
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The CEO TV interview – John Neal: Market expense ratio must fall to 30%
Lloyd’s CEO John Neal has again called on market participants to re-examine and simplify their processes as part of a drive to reduce the cost of doing business in London.
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Joyn CEO: MGAs need to have “skin in the game” and deliver underwriting quality
SME-focused US insurtech Joyn recognises the need for alignment of interest with its reinsurers in addition to bringing access to a data-centric, machine-augmented underwriting platform it believes will outperform the market, according to CEO Seraina Macia.
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TV interview – KBW: Europe’s reinsurers doing well on rate but inflation threat will overshadow 2022
Europe’s reinsurers are having success in driving rate but the desire to build reserve buffers to protect against the threat of structural and social inflation will likely limit earnings expansion, according to Darius Satkauskas, vice president, equity research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW).
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KBW’s Shields: Cat can still produce adequate returns despite losses and ILS competition
While increasing frequency and severity of catastrophe losses has sparked concerns about the industry’s ability to model the impact of climate change, this does not automatically preclude property cat writers from delivering adequate returns, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) analyst Meyer Shields has reassured investors in an interview with The ...
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The Insurer TV: McGovern welcomes UK regulation move but says there is more to do
The move from the UK government to consult on the inclusion of a growth and competitiveness objective for the country’s two financial regulators has been warmly received by Axa XL’s CEO of UK and Lloyd’s Sean McGovern and others, but it could go further.
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Cloutier: Aspen’s LPT provides “clean balance sheet” to capitalise on favourable conditions
Aspen’s recent $3.57bn loss portfolio transfer (LPT) with Enstar has rejuvenated the group’s balance sheet to resemble one belonging to a 2020 start-up company, according to chairman and CEO Mark Cloutier.
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Guy Carpenter: Many cedants leveraged casualty to complete “tougher” property placements at 1.1
In an interview with The Insurer TV, Guy Carpenter executives David Priebe and John Trace identified the wide range of views on inflation and many buyers leveraging their casualty placements to get their property programs completed as two trends to emerge from a “nerve-racking” 1.1 renewal.
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Whitt: Markel “just couldn’t see our way to continuing” with Lodgepine
Markel co-CEO Richie Whitt has told The Insurer TV he is optimistic about the property reinsurance market, despite last month’s decision to wind down its retro fund manager, stating that the insurer is now “putting all our chips behind Nephila” for its ILS business.
