Broker View From the Trading Floor By Neville Ching As a consequence of the hard market, the 2023 full-year results from the reinsurance sector are expected to be record-breaking.
How Cedents Can Win Reinsurance Race By Jerad Leigh Here are three lessons from the most recent renewal cycles that can guide cedents looking to get the best result from their reinsurance placements.
Redefining Facultative Underwriting By Dave Rengachary Why have reinsurers' facultative underwriters wait until an insurer has finished its process? Why not consult as experts across an ecosystem?
A New Paradigm for Sourcing Capacity By Dogan Kaleli Capacity-seekers and capacity-providers are starting to recognize the benefits of an organized digital marketplace with an efficient electronic infrastructure.
Ready for New Accounting Standard? By Paul Sauve IFRS 17 might be a major factor in insurers’ decisions on buying reinsurance, so it's important to understand key issues and start preparing.
New Paradigm for Reinsurance By James Vickers Can the global reinsurance market morph into a new paradigm, allowing a more responsible and sustainable market to emerge?
The 'New Normal' for Reinsurers By Steve Evans So-called convergence capital from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has become increasingly strategic for reinsurers.
The Reinsurers Are Coming! By Karen Pauli The message is not to lock the door and send everyone home, but the competitors of yesterday may not be the competitors of tomorrow.
Lemonade's 'Synthetic Agent' Nonsense By Matteo Carbone Desperate for growth, Lemonade produces another howler: A lender receiving a 16% interest rate is presented as a (synthetic) agent.
Auto Insurance in an Existential Crisis By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers The 125-year-old, $300 billion U.S. auto insurance industry is caught between runaway inflation and strained consumer wallets.
The Promise of Continuous Underwriting By Bill Deemer Bobby Touran Typically, a risk is underwritten, bound... and forgotten. But new streams of data and automation allow for continuous underwriting.
Convergence and the Insurance Ecosystem By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers Companies must anticipate the future, innovate beyond their core and transform their capabilities as rapidly as technology allows.