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Some ILS Money Irrational; Trad’l Re Mkts Adding Terror to Cat Cover: CEO
The once responsible insurance-linked securities market is showing signs of being overheated and irrational, the chief executive of the holding company for a Bermuda-based reinsurer said on Friday. ...
Q1 Return for ‘Independent’ Aspen Nears 15%; Full-Year Target 10%
Aspen Insurance Holdings reported an annualized operating return-on-equity of 14.8 percent for the first quarter on Thursday, also giving double-digit forecasts for future years—targets which its ...
Reinsurance Market Softness Extends ‘As Far As the Eye Can See,’ CEO Says
The question that crops up whenever reinsurers experience soft market conditions is again being posed to industry executives, with leaders giving varying answers to analysts asking, "What kind of ...
Platinum Eyeing Riskier Assets to Boost Profits in Unending Soft Re Mkt: CEO
With underwriting profitability stalled, Platinum Underwriters Holdings could soon join the list of Bermuda reinsurers turning to riskier assets to boost the investment component of income, the ...
Life Without TRIA: Zurich, ACE Execs Debate Terror Coverage Strategies
Two weeks before the Senate introduced legislation to extend the federal terror insurance backstop, carrier executives revealed opposing plans for offering coverage to customers exposed to terror ...
AIG Aims to Be Smartest Casualty Insurer, Schimek Says
Innovation and customer focus are central to the strategy of the one of the nation's largest property/casualty insurers, for which being the biggest competitor is not the primary goal, according to ...
P/C Carrier CROs Say Board Concerns Higher on Strategic, Operational Risk Than Nat Cat
Members of risk committees of the boards of directors of property/casualty insurance companies have more on their minds than the abilities of their companies to withstand tail risks like devastating ...
Nearly Half of Security Execs Say Insurers Alone Should Pay Costs of Physical Terror Attacks
Forty-seven percent of security executives across of a variety of industries believe that private insurance companies alone should pay for worker injuries and property damage in the aftermath of a ...