Reinsurance
Swiss Re hires Hirst to lead portfolio strategy
Reinsurance giant hires former AIG Europe chief underwriting officer
Howard Hughes completes Vantage purchase
US investment group acquires Bermuda-based re/insurer for $2.1bn
Insurers underestimating risk of ‘supershear’ quakes
MS Amlin study finds destructive supershear ruptures are behind two thirds of insured earthquakes losses, yet are excluded from catastrophe models
ASR inks strategic investment partnership with Vitruvian
Private equity firm to buy the majority share in Africa-focused re/insurer held by Helios
Blockchain promises faster and cheaper ILS transactions
Regulators and re/insurers need time to become accustomed to the technology, which offers ‘accessibility and scalability’
Hormuz/Baltimore double whammy puts ‘extreme stress’ on marine reinsurance
Underwriter concerns include aggregation exposure, multi-party liability and prolonged claims development
Oak Global enters cat bond market
Lloyd’s platform secures $150m of collateralised retrocession protection against North American natural catastrophe risks
Property cat returns risk falling below cost of capital
Rates-on-line fell by as much as 25% at June 1 with cedents achieving improvements to structures and terms, Howden Re said
Cyber reinsurance is ripe for innovation
Growing demand for tailored solutions is driving the development of new cyber products, Guy Carpenter’s Anthony Cordonnier tells the Insurance Day Podcast
Convex approved for second Lloyd’s syndicate
Syndicate 1987 will focus on long-tails lines, including casualty re/insurance, political risk and trade credit
Florida cat pricing falls 15% at June 1
Reinsurers expand their appetite amid improved underwriting results and legal reforms
High Court clarifies aggregation of Covid-19 losses at reinsurance level
English courts are favouring reinsureds by taking wide construction approach to the aggregation of Covid-19 losses
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