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Opinion: TMK’s treaty exit – London’s fading reinsurance star grows a little dimmer
The former reinsurance leader’s exit from treaty highlights wider pressures on the market.
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The Corporation has resequenced a key Blueprint workstream for delegated authority business, as it looks to create a data strategy for DA in Q4.
George Green has been a war and terrorism underwriter at Fidelis since March 2021.
The executive replaces Rob Forster, who was holding the role on an interim basis.
In an open letter, the asset manager said investors had seen the performance of the business deteriorate under the leadership of William Spiegel.
Opinion
Opinion
Ukraine reserving at Q2: Mind the gap
The Ukraine loss reserve tally has reached $2.4bn as of the end of June.
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Harrell's incubator buys stakes in two firms with Rcapital
16 August 2022
Analysis
Swiss Re, Munich Re, Hannover Re and Scor have set out their strategies on inflation, pricing and Ukraine.
The first six months have been characterised by substantial double-digit growth and further improvement in underwriting performance.
Carriers in the class are reassessing risk appetites amid inflation, the Ukraine war and a growing risk of countries defaulting on sovereign debt.
The market is concerned about potential claims from the Hellenic War Risks mutual, which has ships worth around $350mn stuck in the Black Sea.
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Brickell backs calls to remove Spiegel from R&Q board
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Enstar boosts position in Argo to 4.9% amid sale process
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Chubb adds Nexus’ Audis to aviation team
15 August 2022
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Brazilian reinsurer IRB Re explores fundraise
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Compre enters European medmal with EUR200mn German LPT deal
15 August 2022
Interviews
Interviews
Investors are beginning to pull back from writing $50mn+ funding cheques for InsurTechs, according to Zach Powell, general partner at Eos Ventures.
The capital provider believes the time is ripe to take on increased underwriting risk.
InsurTechs with diversified teams and deep-rooted technology are more likely to survive the current funding drought, according to MS&AD Ventures’ Jon Soberg.
As partner at major InsurTech investor Anthemis, Ruth Foxe Blader explained to Insurance Insider why venture capitalists are pumping the brakes on InsurTech funding.
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