All Analysis articles – Page 5
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AnalysisClimate risk: new PRA requirements come into force
New requirements to enhance insurers’ approaches to managing the financial risks from climate change came into effect on 15 October from the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority
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AnalysisFuture at Lloyd’s ‘Blueprint One’ launched in London
Lloyd’s has released the 150-page “Blueprint One” for the London re/insurance market’s future transformation
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AnalysisMicroinsurance panel: small premium x large distribution = feasible
Swiss Re’s Beat Strebel was among panellists discussing microinsurance at FAIR 2019 in Marrakech
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News AgendaFAIR: Rates firming as regional reinsurers provide less capacity - AM Best
Regional reinsurers in trouble means less local capacity available, helping to firm up reinsurance pricing in African and Middle Eastern markets
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ViewpointsYassir Albaharna: Q&A with FAIR’s president
FAIR president Yassir Albaharna talks to GR ahead of this year’s conference in Marrakesh
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News AgendaPivotal moment in Lloyd’s evolution – Aon report
Aon offers its broker’s-eye-view on CEO John Neal’s bold new plans for the future at Lloyd’s, ahead of 30 September’s blueprint publication
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PublicationFitch Ratings Global Reinsurance Guide 2020
Fitch Ratings has released its Global Reinsurance Guide 2020. The credit rating agency’s market report can be downloaded, free to read online, here.
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AnalysisDorian provides the pre-Monte suspense for 2019
Hurricane Dorian provides this year’s pre-Monte Carlo jitters as re/insurance execs pack their bags for 2019’s Rendez-Vous de Septembre
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AnalysisChina fears amid Africa’s protection gap optimism - Afro-Asian event at Lloyd’s
Africa’s re/insurance market is fearful at lost business going straight to China, amid the optimism about infrastructure projects, technology and economic growth closing the continent’s protection gap. David Benyon reports
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News AgendaCyber war – Capsicum paper urges reinsurance to lead the debate
A paper from re/insurance broker Capsicum Re explores attribution in cyber warfare
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News AgendaHow Bahrain got overtaken in the Middle East reinsurance market
Increasingly antiquated rules and a lack of innovation have lost Bahrain its early mover advantage in Middle East re/insurance, according to a report published this week by ratings firm AM Best
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AnalysisInsurtech MGAs: a marriage made in heaven?
Startup insurtechs are favouring the MGA model for a gateway into the industry to avoid becoming just another service provider to traditional insurance companies. David Benyon reports
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ViewpointsOpinion: TMR result puts new shine on RenRe deal
When RenaissanceRe paid 1.02x tangible book value for Tokio Millennium, it seemed it might be due to poor performance at TMR, but the reinsurer’s final set of results might change that perception
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AnalysisCrisis in the Hormuz Strait prompts Joint War Committee action
Attacks blamed on Iran off the coast of the UAE earlier this month left holes in the hulls of four oil tankers
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AnalysisMarine cyber risk secondary to environmental focus - event analysis
Maritime sector and insurance technology experts converged on Windward’s inaugural Sea: The Future 2019 conference
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ViewpointsBounceback expected for reinsurers’ Q1 capital levels – Aon’s Van Slooten
Reinsurers’ capital was at a low point at the end of 2018, largely due to returns to shareholders and unrealised losses held on the investment side. Expect those numbers to bounce back for Q1
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AnalysisPRA adds climate risk to UK insurers’ stress tests
The City’s supervisor will include physical and transition risk scenarios for climate change in its market-wide insurance stress tests this year, a Bank of England speech has revealed
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AnalysisIndia’s market should favour insurtech
Low penetration but high potential in India’s re/insurance market should favour insurance technology, speakers said at an India-UK event in London
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AnalysisTakaful faces market awareness challenge: Even some people who work in it don’t know what it does
The Takaful and Re/Takaful sector has an image problem and general lack of awareness about what it can do, according to speakers at DWIC 2019
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AnalysisDemand hugely untapped – Willis Re’s Vickers
The insurance sector has a lot to do if it wants to close the protection gap in Middle East markets, according to James Vickers, chairman of Willis Re International
