Content from Susanne Sclafane
With Restructuring Complete, Hartford’s Risk Appetite Expanding: CEO Swift
When Liam McGee and Christopher Swift began their stints as chief executive and chief financial officer at The Hartford in late 2009 and early 2010, both outsiders sensed the need to work on ...
Heard at PCI Meeting: Reserve Covers, Capital Relief Deals Are Growing Trend
They may not be the new black, but references to adverse development covers and capital relief solutions and cropped up more than once in conversations with reinsurance market participants during the ...
Big Data and Insurance: Coming to a Supermarket Near You
If supermarket chains wanted to get in the business of selling property/casualty insurance, there is a source of consumer information they might tap to identify the best risks that most P/C actuaries ...
Advice From a Futurist
If you think the colors of the triangular yield sign on North American roadways are yellow and black, then you might not be ready to lead your organizations into the future. While futurist Jack ...
PCI Conference Report: Gen Re CEO Say Hedge Funds Come and Go
"Twisted financial theories" and rating agency support are keeping the reinsurance space attractive to third-party investors, a reinsurance executive asserted at an industry conference this week. ...
Hamilton Re Moving Full Steam Ahead With Expansion, Technology Initiatives
"Bursting at the seams." That's the phrase Kathleen Reardon, CEO of Hamilton Re, used to describe the current state of affairs for the company she heads in Bermuda—a description that also captures ...
Third Point Re Has a Game Plan to Win in Any Market, CEO Berger Says
It might not be too surprising to hear a former professional basketball player and coach counsel that one of the keys to winning is having a carefully crafted game plan. That's also the advice that a ...
Watford Re Playing to Current Market Conditions; Not Undercutting on Price: CEO Rathgeber
The first-quarter 2014 launch of Watford Re has fueled a fair amount of market chatter—some centered on the potential for the new entrant to the casualty reinsurance space to drive down pricing. ...