Dickie Whitaker, chair of Oasis SaaS, says the new platform is designed to expand choice in catastrophe modelling, giving re/insurers and brokers access to multiple views of risk rather than relying on a small number of vendor sources
London appointments strengthen Aon’s expertise across direct credit and reinsurance markets
Record underwriting profits and strong capital buffers have put reinsurers in a position of strength but a new report, from insurance industry focused management consultancy Oxbow Partners, warns that the industry now faces difficult strategic choices as the market cycle begins to turn
New heads for cargo, credit, energy and direct and fac in senior reshuffle at TFP
Severe convective storm is emerging as one of the most significant catastrophe perils facing the US insurance market, rising from secondary to the bulk of nat cat claims in consecutive loss years, with rising losses driven less by changing weather patterns than by structural shifts in exposure
War risk cover remains available, but cancellations, spiking pricing and reinsurance withdrawals have contributed, alongside risk perception of insureds, to sharply reduce tanker transits through one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints
Strategy chief takes expanded role as the reinsurance broking firm integrates analytics across reinsurance platform