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The Next Frontier of Alternative Capital
The alternative reinsurance market is on steroids, bulking up to represent an estimated 12 percent of the global reinsurance market, according to estimates from Aon Benfield. This may seem like a ...
67 Emerging Risks Nobody Is Talking About
Everybody knows about climate change and catastrophes, the Internet of Things and the cloud, the on-demand economy and online shopping, autonomous vehicles and robots in the workplace, terrorism and ...
Analysts’ Viewpoints: Conditions Are Difficult for Reinsurers—But It’s Not All Gloom and Doom
While the reinsurance industry continues to operate in an extremely challenging environment, rating agencies affirm that many companies have responded well over the past year by making defensive ...
New Risk Model Developments Assist Decision-Makers Adapting to Climate Change Impacts
New developments in science and technology are making the potential economic impacts of natural catastrophes, both in the medium and long term, more understandable and accessible to local government, ...
Emerging Risks: The High-Speed Data Highway
Data seemingly drives everything these days. So there's little wonder it lies at the heart of the insurance industry's emerging risks. Big Data no longer intersects our daily lives; it is prevalent ...
A New Era for Marine Catastrophe Management
While marine insurers remain well-capitalized, the line faces many risks. A protracted soft market has eroded margins, large losses have put pressure on rate adequacy, and marine cat experience has ...
Will ILS Investors Run for Cover After the Storm?
Most industry pundits agree that alternative capital is now a permanent fixture in the reinsurance marketplace. Where there is less agreement, however, is whether more opportunistic alternative ...
File Splitting: Handling Claims When Coverage Is Unclear
The duty to defend and indemnify a policyholder is an important promise an insurer agrees to in an insurance policy. Though coverage may be clear cut in many claims, others may require additional ...