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Arch Capital Revises Watford Acquisition Agreement, With Backing From Ex-Rival Enstar
Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Watford Holdings Ltd. announced a revised definitive agreement under which Arch will acquire all of the common shares of Watford for $35.00 per share, in an all-cash offer ...
Not Monte-Carlo: The Future of the Rendez-Vous and Working in Reinsurance
It's been said that necessity is the mother of invention. That proverb took on new meaning for insurers and reinsurers as they successfully scrambled to conduct business digitally at the onset of the ...
Set Aside 150 Years for P/C Insurers to Pay COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses
The world's property/casualty insurers would have to collect business interruption insurance premiums for 150 years in order to absorb the estimated $4.5 trillion global output loss inflicted by ...
Reinsurers’ Investment Strategies Help Them Tolerate COVID-19 Impact: S&P
A decade of low interest rates and tough underwriting conditions has led reinsurers to cautiously invest in riskier and more illiquid assets to generate additional return. The good news is that this ...
With Tech Tools Galore, It’s an Exciting Time for InsurTech McKenzie Intelligence
Advanced technological tools are making it an exciting time to be an InsurTech – and an exciting time for those insurers and reinsurers that want to more accurately assess the risks on their books, ...
The Digital Normal and the Future of Work in Reinsurance
It's been said that necessity is the mother of invention. That proverb was illustrated perfectly during the insurance industry's successful scramble to conduct its business digitally at the onset of ...
COVID-19 Crisis Renews Attention on Systemic (Uninsurable) Risks
Reinsurers and insurers for years have been worried about systemic risks – those uninsurable risks with the potential of surpassing the capital of the industry. The COVID-19 crisis has renewed ...
Reinsurance Demand Rises, Along with Flight to Quality, Say Industry Experts
Not only has reinsurance buying increased, but there also has been a flight to quality reinsurers by ceding insurance companies, according to several reinsurers and brokers in recent webinars held in ...