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Howden blurs lines, sets up capacity vehicle, taps third-party capital

Howden Group, the insurance and reinsurance group with both broking and underwriting at its heart, continues to blur lines, with,.. Read More

Canopius enhances Bermuda platform with Class A licence for Canopius Re

Global specialty insurance and reinsurance group Canopius has expanded the utility and importance of its Bermuda reinsurance  and insurance-linked securities,.. Read More

Top ILS manager assets increased through H2 2020

As a group, the assets under management of the top-tier of insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment fund managers had increased through,.. Read More

Chubb names Jeremiah Konz to lead reinsurance buying & program design

U.S. and global primary insurance carrier and reinsurance company Chubb has named Jeremiah Konz as its new Chief Reinsurance Officer,,.. Read More

Need for reinsurance grows in APAC after catastrophes & COVID-19: S&P

Insurers operating in the Asia Pacific region need increasing amounts of reinsurance protection following a series of costly catastrophe years,.. Read More

Trapped collateral may persist, but new capital is out there: Willis Re execs

Trapped capital is expected to remain and pose an ongoing challenge for some investors and managers from across the insurance-linked,.. Read More

Capital mitigated reinsurance dislocation at 1/1, more to come on-stream: Aon

New capital helped to mitigate the dislocation of global reinsurance markets at the key January 2021 renewal season, with ample,.. Read More

"Not a classic hard market" so rate momentum should persist (for a time)

The current firming of reinsurance is perceived as “not a classic hard market” by analysts at Peel Hunt, who after,.. Read More

Dual Purpose Testimony in First-Party Property Insurance Law: The Hybrid Witness

In the legal world, there are generally two types of witnesses that you will see: (1) fact witnesses and (2),.. Read More

Clean slate makes reinsurance startups the best investment: Jefferies

The fact new reinsurance start-ups, the so-called Class of 2020, have no legacy portfolios of risk and so are unencumbered,.. Read More

Alternative capital hit $92bn as reinsurance returned to pre-pandemic high: Aon

Global reinsurance capital levels returned to their pre-pandemic high at $625 billion by the end of September 2020, with a,.. Read More

MetLife reinsured $2bn of longevity risk for L&G in 2020

MetLife, Inc., one of the largest life and annuities insurance groups in the world, has announced that it completed four,.. Read More