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Guy Carpenter and Marsh to Combine South Africa Facultative Reinsurance Businesses
Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter and insurance broker Marsh, both businesses of Marsh McLennan, said they are combining their South Africa facultative reinsurance operations into a single business, ...
P/C Carriers’ Increased Reliance on Reinsurance Means Premium Hikes are Coming
American International Group Inc. and other insurers avoided steep losses from a spate of extreme weather this year thanks in part to the reinsurance industry. But increased reliance on those ...
Major European Reinsurers Report Strong 2021 Earnings to Date, Despite High Catastrophe Losses
All four major European reinsurers reported a strong improvement in earnings for the nine months, compared to the same period last year, according to a report from Fitch Ratings. Sharply lower ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Gen Re Sets Up Shop in Dubai
The General Reinsurance unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc has set up a Middle East office in Dubai, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) said on Monday. Gen Re will provide life ...
Hannover Re Sells Stake in Joint Venture to Refocus as Pure Reinsurer
Hannover Re is selling its 49.8% stake in the joint venture HDI Global Specialty SE to the majority shareholder HDI Global SE, effective Dec. 31, 2021. HDI Global SE will then hold 100% of the ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurance Division Generated a $784 Million Q3 Net Underwriting Loss
Berkshire Hathaway's insurance division booked a combined $784 million net underwriting loss during the 2020 third quarter as it faced, in part, fallout from Hurricane Ida and more vehicle crashes. ...
Reinsurance Pricing Technology For Hard and Soft Markets
Sean Bourgeois, the chief executive officer of Tremor, often hears people say that his company's reinsurance price optimization technology works best in a soft market, when there's a lot of ...
Why Reinsurance Prices Are Wrong—and How to Fix Them
Each reinsurance renewal season sees brokers feverishly chasing down the best premium prices in the market. Frequently, when the panel of reinsurers offer their submissions for a slice of treaty, the ...