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Reinsurance Rendez-Vous Gets Underway in Monte Carlo
The 57th Reinsurance Rendez-Vous in Monte Carlo, which begins with registration on Saturday, promises to be somewhat less stressful than many previous Monaco gatherings. A mass of warm air, combined ...Guy Carpenter Appoints Former Towers Watson Exec as Co-Chair of Its Mutual Co. Specialty Practice
Guy Carpenter on Friday announced that John P. "Jay" Woods III has joined the firm as co-chairman of the recently formed Mutual Company Specialty Practice. Woods joins Guy Carpenter from Towers ...
Reinsurers Expect Struggle to Boost Rates in Buyers’ Market
Reinsurers may fail to increase rates they charge primary carriers for their backstop coverage when they begin price talks for 2014 in Monte Carlo this week. "I expect the market staying flat to ...
U.S. Reinsurance Sector’s Profit Jumps 32% to $4.8B for 2013 First Half
The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA)'s latest survey shows a group of 18 U.S. property/casualty reinsurers posted $4.8 billion net income in aggregate for the first six months of 2013—an ...
Re Market ‘Past Convergence’ With Capital Over Half-A-Trillion
Global reinsurer capital, which had reached a peak of $515 billion at the end of first-quarter 2013, still stood above the half-trillion mark at June 30, dropping slightly to $510 billion, according ...
Lloyd’s Chairman Nelson: Investment Boom Puts Insurance At Risk
A flood of investment capital into structures linked to insurance could lead to instability and spark a new financial crisis if left unsupervised, a top official has warned. Billions of dollars from ...
Reinsurers Could Face Pressure to Lower Rates Amid Capital Oversupply
Munich Re and Swiss Re Ltd. are among reinsurers likely to face further pressure to lower the rates they charge clients as the capital available for backing policies remains near a record high, ...
Rating S&P’s New Method: Transparency Improved, But Execution Consistency Falls Short
In May, Standard & Poor's confirmed that it had finalized a 10-month "Request for Comment" (RfC) process around proposed changes to the rating agency's criteria for rating insurers and ...