Archive: October 2014
PwC’s Reinsurance 2020: Take control of your destiny
October 29, 2014Reinsurers with undifferentiated `me too’ strategies could be squeezed out of the market. Which business models will be viable in five years’ time and what steps do you need to […]
READ MOREILS Bermuda Unveils Keynote Speaker Erik Wahl
October 29, 2014An internationally recognised creative strategist and a #1 best selling business author. Drawing from his history as both an entrepreneur and an artist, Erik has has delivered his inspiring concepts and breakthrough […]
READ MOREAon Benfield: Evolving Criteria (2014)
October 29, 2014The annual Evolving Criteria report reviews the latest rating agency and regulatory developments in the non-life insurance industry. The report comprises detail on rating agency criteria updates, regulatory developments, accounting […]
READ MOREAon Benfield: Insurance Risk Study (9th Edition, 2014)
October 29, 2014The ninth edition of the Insurance Risk Study provides a comprehensive review of insurers’ growth, risk and profitability, and highlights emerging risks and opportunities in the global insurance industry. The […]
READ MOREAon Benfield: Reinsurance Market Outlook September 2014
October 29, 2014The report, Growth capital from growing reinsurer capital, reveals that the cost of reinsurance capital for catastrophe risk has decreased to one third to one half of the cost of […]
READ MOREExpanding the Potential of ILS
October 29, 2014Following a year of tremendous change and convergence in the reinsurance market, we estimate that ‘alternative’ ILS capacity now makes up around 15% of the overall property catastrophe reinsurance (‘property […]
READ MOREReinsurance returns – lower and lower
October 29, 2014The latest pricing data indicates that returns have slipped further for both the cat bond and reinsurance markets The third quarter has not been an active one for new reinsurance deals or cat […]
READ MOREFay & Gonzalo: A Tale of Two Storms
October 29, 2014Bermuda was hammered by two tropical cyclones in less than a week, Fay and Gonzalo. But hitting Bermuda was one of the few things the storms […]
READ MORECat bonds help California Earthquake Authority to offer rate reduction
October 28, 2014The California Earthquake Authority (CEA), the publicly managed residential earthquake insurance provider, is proposing to reduce homeowners rates, as savings made due to catastrophe bonds […]
READ MOREILS Bermuda announces: “Bermuda Convergence 2014 will go on”
October 22, 2014Bermuda’s resilience and catastrophe preparedness were demonstrated after being battered by Tropical Storm Fay and Hurricane Gonzalo within the period of a week. The island received international media attention while […]
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Retail Investors – the third wave
October 20, 2014A new type of investor – the retail investor – is rapidly becoming a major force in the capitalisation of the reinsurance industrySince 2005 there […]
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Industry Panel 2
Costas Miranthis
October 9, 2014Costas Miranthis is President and Chief Executive Officer of PartnerRe Ltd. and is also a director. He has served in his current position since January 2011. Mr. Miranthis joined the […]
READ MORENothing Happened: PCS Q3 2014 Catastrophe Bond Report
October 8, 2014Catastrophe bond issuance remained at $5.7 billion through the end of September but still topped the same period in 2013. Despite the absence of property […]
READ MOREILS Bermuda Announces Panel Session for Convergence 2014
October 1, 2014Hamilton, Bermuda – ILS (Bermuda) Ltd., the organisers of the Bermuda Convergence 2014 today announced the second panel session that will be held at this year’s event as ‘Relative value […]
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