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NewsBuesnel: Tysers poised for accelerated growth with new AUB ownership
On the eve of its 200-year anniversary celebrations, Lloyd’s oldest trading broker is finally in a position to plan strategically for the long term within the new, supportive framework of an insurance trade owner, Tysers CEO Clive Buesnel has exclaimed.
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AUB 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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CSU: (Re)insurers should brace for “above-normal” 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
In this video, Colorado State University (CSU) researcher Phil Klotzbach tells The Insurer TV the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season will be characterised by “above-normal” activity for the seventh consecutive year.
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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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Verisk Specialty Business Solutions CEO: Adoption is the “key” next step towards technology development
(Re)insurance software platform Verisk Specialty Business Solutions will look to connect businesses and get them to “talk to each other” in a push for technology adoption, its CEO Ian Summers has said, as clients demand better distribution, data security and data enhancement.
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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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ABIR’s Huff: S&P’s new capital methodology proposal misuse of market power
As the consultation period for S&P Global Ratings’ new insurer risk-based capital adequacy model draws to a close, John Huff, president and CEO of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR), has warned the proposals diverge from the requirements of different regulatory regimes.
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Brooks: ESG-focused Sustain ILS supports evolution of maturing ILS market
Newly launched Sustain ILS is looking to foster further evolution within the ILS sector as the innovative ESG-focused platform seeks to carve out a niche in the maturing market, Paschal Brooks has told The Insurer TV.
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KBW’s Shields: Investors to focus on rate deceleration during Q1 results season
KBW analyst Meyer Shields has predicted insurers will report only a marginal slowdown in rate increases during the first-quarter earnings season as the industry continues to take steps to address ongoing loss cost inflation.
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Insurance Advisory Partners: Need for scale in insurtech space to drive M&A
Insurance Advisory Partners co-founders Tony Ursano and David Kimmel have told The Insurer TV that M&A activity should remain strong this year, with two drivers being the insurance services sector remaining “white hot” and insurtechs pondering their next stages of growth.
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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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Sparro: Early client discussions key to managing inflationary impacts
The emergence of economic inflation is having a broad impact across underwriting portfolios, with early client discussions needed to understand the change in exposures and valuations, according to Sompo International’s Chris Sparro.
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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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Fitch Ratings’ Mazzuoli doesn’t rule out Russia-Ukraine conflict as capital event
The deeper repercussions on financial markets and inflation from the Russia-Ukraine conflict could potentially shift the outcome from an earnings to a capital event, Fitch Ratings’ director of EMEA insurance Robert Mazzuoli has told The Insurer TV.
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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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Gallagher Re’s Vickers: Inflation “a pressure point” in overall stable Japanese renewals
Low catastrophe activity in Japan in recent months stymied rate rises for reinsurers in the region at the 1 April renewals, Gallagher Re’s international chairman James Vickers told The Insurer TV, but the effects of inflation continue to impact dynamics.
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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.
