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Opinion: The Reinsurance Market Needs More Distribution, Not Less
It is a well-known axiom that for free markets to exist, access must be unencumbered. The more players there are, the more efficient a market will be. Unfortunately for those of us in the reinsurance ...
U.S. Regulator Wants Auditors to Add Commentary, Not Analysis
Auditors know a lot about what lurks between the extremes of "pass" or "fail" - the only grades they are now permitted to assign to corporate financial statements - and the U.S. board that oversees ...
Investment In the Future
If you ask 10 chief investment officers (CIO) at major insurance companies to explain their investment strategies and concerns, you'll hear silence. That's because in a world of intellectual property ...
Hedging Systemic Risk in Casualty Reserves with Insurance-Linked Securities
Insurance-linked securities are often used to hedge an insurer's exposure to catastrophic property losses, but the casualty insurance market is just beginning to recognize the potential of ILS ...
Dear Florida CFO: Why Lower Reinsurance Costs Do Not Lower Homeowner Premiums
Florida's insurance regulator, answering the state's CFO who wanted to know why lower reinsurance costs have not translated into reduced homeowners rates, said insurers have significant leeway in how ...
Hiscox USA CEO Sees Revenue Growth From Building Brand And Workforce
When Ben Walter took the helm of Hiscox USA last year, he didn't have decades of underwriting experience on his résumé, nor did he have the intention of recruiting teams of specialty underwriters ...
Commentary: Does FSOC Understand the Business of Insurance?
The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designated AIG as a Systemically Important Financial Institution (SIFI) after determining that "material financial distress at AIG could pose a threat ...
Aon/Berkshire Deal Roils Lloyd’s Waters
Aon and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announced in March that they had negotiated the establishment of a "sidecar" facility to operate at Lloyd's. The deal, which had been in the works for some ...