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Lloyd's managing agents back ILS use
Some 80% of respondents want insurance-linked securities to become a permanent fixture of the market
ID Comment: Cyber aggregations set to be prominent on Monte Carlo agenda
ID Comment: Aviation underwriters will hope market exits will give rates a lift
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Europe's reinsurers on track despite Ituango Dam losses
Munich Re on track for 2018 profit target despite large loss hit in Q2
Man-made losses, driven by Colombian engineering claim, add 11 percentage points to Q2 combined ratio, but Munich Re says it is on course to reach 2018 profit target
Scor earnings hit by US tax reforms
Paris-based reinsurer sees growth in US
Lloyd's: The search for a CEO
ID Comment: Why Lloyd’s should look outside the market for its next CEO
There are strong reasons why Lloyd’s should look to an outsider for its next chief executive – as it has traditionally done
ID Comment: Lloyd’s next CEO needs to bring cultural shift
Inga Beale’s tenure as chief executive has seen Lloyd’s gain ground in its modernisation drive, but the hearts and minds of many within the market are still to be won
California wildfires: Lessons in exposure management
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ID Comment: Wildfire – the risk that keeps growing
Years of warnings about building in wildfire-exposed regions have largely been ignored, with catastrophic consequences
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California wildfire shocks prompt drive to improve exposure management
Major modelling advances are taking place after last year’s record-breaking California wildfires, which highlighted the deficiencies in existing tools
Bermuda: Exploring the opportunities
Roundtable: Hard times ahead as Bermuda adjusts to the ‘new normal’
Bermuda reinsurance executives discuss market dynamics, growth opportunities and what it means to be relevant in an increasingly competitive sector
Watford Re explores possible IPO
Hedge fund reinsurer launched in 2014 as a joint venture with Arch Capital
Marine at Lloyd's: A market under pressure
Under-pressure marine insurers look to compete on more than price
Buyers are increasingly looking for carriers that are flexible and willing to negotiate terms beyond just price, market participants say
Advent latest to pull out of Lloyd's marine market
The Fairfax-owned carrier said pricing in the class is ‘inadequate’
Focus on Fine Art and Specie
Focus: Blockchain can help insurers to manage specie and jewellery exposures
Standard fine art and specie policies need to be adapted to keep pace with the changing risk environment, including the rapid rise in moped crime
Focus: Assessing value online
Fine art, jewellery and specie loss adjusters increasingly have to engage with the virtual, as much as with the real world, to ensure the authenticity of an artwork or rare object
Where next for cyber insurance?
Cyber reinsurers in new product drive
The nascent cyber reinsurance market is becoming increasingly sophisticated
Envelop Risk to target cyber re/insurance, retro after capacity build
The firm is seeking investors to bring its new cyber products to market
ILS: the growth continues
Webinar: London seeks foothold in booming ILS market
ILS investors’ appetite for the sector is undiminished by last year’s hurricane losses and London looks set to benefit a panel of industry experts told Insurance Day
Horseshoe chief sees double-digit assets growth
Founder of ILS management firm predicts 10% to 15% growth in assets under administration over the next 12 months
Examining the future of Lloyd's
Viewpoint: 'Lloyd's will adapt and evolve in the midst of uncertainty'
The Lloyd’s insurance hub creates not just a concentration of talent, services and capital, but can also deliver diverse thinking and ideas about the challenges that the economy faces
ID Comment: Time for the London market to sober up?
Evan Greenberg’s stinging comments likening London underwriters to a bar full of drunks point to a need for sustained improvement in London’s resolve to deliver more favourable returns
Companies House: London in focus
Companies House: PRA sounds the alarm on state of London market
Rosy results until last year masked a steady deterioration in prices, disciples and reserving levels, and the regulator wants boards to act
Argenta and Atrium top Lloyd's property players in loss-hit year
Lloyd’s property underwriters took the full force of last year’s catastrophic losses, reflecting the market’s large and growing exposure to the specialist sector in the US
Big Interview: Insight from leading industry figures
Axis Capital's Neil Ross: On the front line of insuring free speech
Legislative changes under way in the US and the UK will transform the nature of media liability exposures and claims patterns, the head of Axis Capital’s technology, media and entertainment underwriting team in London says
BMS's Cook: Stepping out of the killing zone
BMS Group, which has grown to become one of the largest employee-owned wholesale brokers in the market, is looking to double in size over the next four years, according to the firm’s chief executive
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