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2015 Outlook: Rate Drops Dim Prospects for Underwriting Profits, PwC Says
Underwriting returns alone just won't cut for some London market insurers and reinsurers in 2015, according to PwC, which says that 20 percent of the market participants are "materially reliant" on ...
Carrier Demands Changing for Re Brokers, Says Aon Benfield’s Christian
The brokerage industry has changed "utterly and fundamentally" over the past 30 years from a risk transfer function to much more of an advisory role, according to Dominic Christian, executive ...
SCIF Cat Bond Priced 40% Lower Than 2011: Willis Capital Markets
On Friday, Willis Capital Markets & Advisory said it placed a $250 million catastrophe bond transaction for, California's largest provider of workers' compensation insurance. Golden State Re II ...
TransRe, Pillar Management Up Stakes in Pillar Capital to 50% Each
Pillar Capital Holdings Limited, a Bermuda-based insurance asset manager specializing in collateralized reinsurance and catastrophe insurance-linked securities, announced Tuesday that shareholders ...
RMS: Reinsurers Can Adapt to ILS Invasion Using NIKE As Inspiration
With hedge and pension funds continuing to dive into the reinsurance market through insurance-linked securities, or ILS products, Peter Nakada urges the industry to get used to it and adapt. Nakada, ...
Reinsurance CEOs: What Alternative Capital Means to Traditional Industry
The hottest topic in the reinsurance world was on the agenda at the Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum in January, where two reinsurance executives gave different perspectives on what ...
Cat Bond Deals Fell Just Short of Record in 2013: Willis Capital Markets Advisory
Tallying up total catastrophe bond issue for 2013, Willis Capital Markets Advisory put the figure at $7.1 billion, just shy of the $7.2 billion record of 2007. Last year saw a record number of 29 ...
Rendez-Vous Recap: Alternative Capital Remains Elephant in the Room
The 57th Reinsurance Rendez-Vous is winding down, and, while it's been another successful networking opportunity for the industry's movers and shakers, most of the discussions have ended on a note of ...