News

Re/insurance

Back in the game - casualty lines

After years of a shrinking casualty reinsurance market there are tentative signs of a revival. Bermuda Re reports.   1 October 2012

Re/insurance

Challenges of the few -- Aspen Re

It isn’t an easy time to be at the top, but James Few, CEO of Aspen Re, talked in confident tones about the potential of the industry and Aspen’s growing strength as a specialist global reinsurer.   1 October 2012

Re/insurance

Approaching models with a healthy dose of scepticism

A healthy dose of scepticism of the monolithic validity of models and a realistic approach to risk-returns on investments are the order of the day, as Stuart Bridges of Hiscox explained to Bermuda Re.   1 October 2012

Re/insurance

Considering alternative reinsurance

Bermuda Re brought together leading figures from the Bermuda and international re/insurance market to discuss how the industry is adapting to the new forms of capital increasingly finding their way into the cat space.   1 October 2012

Re/insurance

Navigating a course between Europe and the US

Regulatory developments remain high on the agenda of many reinsurers. With Bermuda sitting mid-Atlantic, we examine European and US regulatory developments and their implications for the sector.   1 October 2012

ILS

ILS moves towards the mainstream

We discuss the development of the investment environment for insurance-linked securities with Kathleen Faries and Edwin Jordan at Tokio Millennium—with the two providing perspectives from an ILS market specialist.   1 October 2012

Re/insurance

Monte Carlo: postcards home

Following the reinsurance industry’s annual shindig in Monte Carlo, we examine some of the most pressing concerns vexing the industry at this year’s event.   1 October 2012

ILS

ILS: cannibalism or evolution?

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) are grabbing increasing levels of market share, particularly in the cat space.Here, the potential of ILS is explored.   1 September 2012

Re/insurance

The shadow of past losses (marine)

Pricing on marine energy re/insurance remains unpredictable. Insurance and reinsurance rates appear often out of synch, while a consistent view of risk-weighted pricing remains elusive.   1 September 2012

ILS

Surging ahead (ILS)

The insurance-linked securities market has achieved its best quarter yet. Paul Schultz of Aon Benfield Securities outlines the state of play in a recordbreaking three months.   1 September 2012

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