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Solving the insurtech puzzle
Marc Piccione examines the recent explosion in technology and access to data that has resulted in the emergence of the insurtech market.
Specialty treaty demand on the rise
Cincinnati Re’s head of specialty reinsurance Bill Lazzaro highlights specialty treaty opportunities.
Curb your volatility to create value
Healthy earnings are vital for a healthy company, but the stability of those earnings can be just as vital in creating value. As catastrophe events become more frequent, carriers need strategies to keep a lid on volatility, writes Bill O’Keefe.
Building community financial resilience
Guy Carpenter’s Jake Clark and Alton Byrd highlight how the industry can provide solutions to build resilience in the aftermath of disasters.
The customer growth opportunity for insurers in emerging markets
Consumers in emerging markets will hold the key to growth for some insurers, according to Isabelle Santenac and Bernhard Klein Wassink.
The future of broker analytics
Gallagher Re’s Ed Messer examines the state of the industry and where we can improve it.
Bringing hazard data to the catastrophe front line
Charles Blanchet explains how a lack of actionable hazard data is limiting response capabilities and details how ICEYE is working with the industry to help bridge this data gap.
Matching cedant needs with investor appetites
Herbie Lloyd outlines Securis’ focus during a challenging period for ILS investors.
Why green is the new gold
Governments and business leaders will need to show forward thinking to create a more stable and sustainable future, writes Jérôme Haegeli.
An aviation connected risk case study
Suki Basi examines how Covid-19 impacted both the services industries and global supply chains.
Learning from the global financial crisis
Liberty Mutual Re’s Uwe Haug reflects on lessons from the 2008 global financial crisis and how these can be applied to challenges today.
Cost, capital and consolidation trends reshape growth agenda
Isabelle Santenac and Simon Woods examine the (re)insurance sector’s reinvigorated pursuit of long-term growth.
Lloyd’s London Bridge: the new flux capacitor
Ben Canagaretna examines how Lloyd’s London Bridge initiative could revitalise the market.
Odyssey’s Young: Technological innovation has brought us closer together
Odyssey Group president and CEO Brian Young reflects on more than three decades in the reinsurance sector.
Building a bespoke view of catastrophe risk
TigerRisk’s Anna Neely and Nathan Schwartz on how catastrophe models do not provide all the answers.
Casualty reinsurance rate momentum “needs to continue”
AXIS Re’s Allison Janisch answers our questions on trends in the global casualty market.
ESG and new sponsors spell healthy ILS growth
After a resilient year for catastrophe bonds during the pandemic, the sector is on course for growth with increased investor demand and new types of sponsors, writes Fitch’s senior director Jeffrey Mohrenweiser.
More risk margin needed to account for increasing uncertainty
Cincinnati Re’s Jamie Hole outlines the drivers behind the reinsurance unit’s growth momentum and highlights some of the challenges facing casualty and property catastrophe lines.
Increased frequency of natural catastrophes spells uncertainty for reinsurers
As natural catastrophes challenge the market with greater frequency, Liberty Mutual Re’s Miguel Martinez-Alvarez considers the reinsurance market’s position.
Navigating the next 20 years – a call for closer collaboration
Swiss Re’s Gianfranco Lot examines how the growing risk complexities in the decades ahead call for closer collaboration between (re)insurers and governments.
Transverse: Pipeline going into 2022 is “very robust”
Transverse CEO Erik Matson highlights a strong pipeline of opportunities ahead for the hybrid fronting carrier.
Cyber insurance – the year of change
Erica Davis and Anthony Cordonnier discuss how (re)insurers are adopting new underwriting tactics to address the evolving cyber risk environment.
Covid-19: An unprecedented crisis for aviation
Suki Basi reflects on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the aviation sector.
Pandemic demonstrates multi-class connected risk causality
The Covid-19 pandemic represents the perfect connected risk for global trade, as evidenced by the travails of the airline and travel sectors and the knock-on effects for the underlying manufacturing, entertainment and other supporting industries.
Winning with talent: how to transform the workforce experience
There has been growing consensus among insurance industry executives that talent, capability and culture are every bit as important as technology in driving digital transformation.
A new era for cat models?
In the 30 years since the advent of computerised natural catastrophe modelling, cat models have come a long way.
Prioritising insurance affordability and risk awareness will help create a more sustainable future
Promoting inclusive insurance and strengthening societal resilience will better prepare the industry for future global shocks, says Swiss Re’s Moses Ojeisekhoba
Capturing the mortgage opportunity
Axis Re’s Kavan Tucker outlines current trends in the mortgage reinsurance space.
Insurance carriers must stay alert to inflation risk
Inflation is rising across developed economies but no one is sure if it is here to stay, says TigerRisk’s Dan Brandt.
Strong first-half results may prove to be a false dawn for reinsurers
Expectations were high for the reinsurance renewal periods in 2021 and while the best of those expectations has not been met, the story has generally been positive. But risks remain from the global pandemic and from natural catastrophe events.
IPCC climate change report raises the stakes for insurers
The rising threat of extreme weather, compound events and loss aggregation call for a fresh approach to modelling and assessing the impact of climate change over multiple time horizons, says Guy Carpenter’s Jessica Turner.
Imagination to create
Russell Group managing director Suki Basi highlights the threat posed to companies by “connected risk”.
Open insurance: how digitisation and data sharing can fully modernise the industry
EY’s Isabelle Santenac and Nuno Vieira outline the benefits of open insurance.
Satellites can expand bounds of insurability
Swiss Re’s Mike Mitchell explains the benefits satellite technology can bring to the reinsurance industry.
The story of the three-legged stool
Transverse’s Robert Maloney explains the hybrid-fronting carrier model and how the parties involved are each critical to the success of each transaction/endeavour.
Evolving supply and demand requires bespoke solutions
TigerRisk’s Kyle Menendez says market equilibrium is not based simply on price.
Balancing act
Ahead of 1 January, buyers can look forward to a healthy and differentiated reinsurance market with abundant capital, although reinsurers will seek to hold the line on pricing discipline and terms and conditions, says Charles Whitmore, president, global accounts at Guy Carpenter.
The future is cyber – can you price the risk?
A spike in claims caused a fall in 2020 underwriting performance, sharply increasing premium rates. Gerald Glombicki of Fitch says this is just the beginning.
Lay your cards on the table to win tech benefits
Acrisure Re’s Adam Hedley says industry participants must lay all their cards on the table to benefit from technological advances.
Cat bonds have bounced back. Can it last? And can they go green?
Aon Securities CEO Paul Schultz says ESG could help maintain ILS market momentum.
Disorder by any other name
The world is becoming a more complex place in which to write reinsurance, says Liberty Mutual Re president Dieter Winkel.
