Features

ILS

A pivotal deal amid change

If the rumoured internal reinsurance vehicle being created by ACE and BlackRock gets off the ground, it potentially establishes a new blueprint for the way large-scale risk transfer could be secured and arranged by big cedants. Bermuda:Re+ILS asks what this could mean for the market.   8 April 2015

ILS

Best of both worlds

Small and nimble but with the strength of Tokio Marine Group behind it; a traditional reinsurer but also fully engaged in the convergence space, Tokio Millennium Re will thrive on such dualities, its new CEO Stephan Ruoff tells Bermuda:Re+ILS.   8 April 2015

Life

Forcing through a deal

The protracted, public and often messy attempted aggressive takeover of Aspen by Endurance again highlighted the way in which a scheme of arrangement can potentially be used to force through such a deal. Bermuda:Re+ILS explores whether the use of this tactic could become more commonplace.   4 March 2015

News

A never-ending education

In the face of evolving challenges and new market dynamics, the role of the chief investment officer in a re/insurance company is becoming increasingly important. Bermuda:Re+ILS speaks to Mark Silverstein, the CIO for Endurance Specialty, about his approach.   25 February 2015

ILS

Testing the water

Just how well informed are the capital market investors now entering the reinsurance space? It is an issue that divides opinion, with many claiming the market will truly know only after a big loss. Bermuda:Re+ILS investigates.   23 February 2015

Re/insurance

Finding cost savings

A survey by EY of retail insurers in the Bahamas, Bermuda and Cayman Islands revealed some interesting opportunities for greater operational efficiency, as Philip Burrill and Craig Russell explain to Bermuda:Re+ILS.   28 November 2014

ILS

In a state of flux

The influx of alternative capital into the reinsurance industry is not just competing with reinsurance—it has reshaped the market in a far more fundamental way. Bermuda:Re+ILS takes a look at the changing landscape and what lies ahead.   28 November 2014

ILS

Achieving growth 
through innovation

In what is an increasingly complex world of insurance, Aon ReSolutions is thriving as it brings expertise from across the Aon group together in one place, as Andrew Matson and Kurt Cripps explain to Bermuda:Re+ILS.   28 November 2014

ILS

The meaning of a flood

Re/insurers need a more detailed and robust understanding of the location, frequency, and severity of flooding, and this starts with an objective definition of what constitutes a flood. Boyko Dodov describes AIR’s new approach to the notoriously difficult task of defining such events.   28 November 2014

Re/insurance

Hedge fund reinsurers: are the rewards worth the risk?

The plethora of new hedge fund-backed reinsurers that continue to be launched will carve out a niche in the industry—but perhaps not at the expense of the big, global reinsurers, argues Taoufik Gharib from Standard & Poor’s Insurance Ratings.   28 November 2014

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