Tag Archives: reinsurance

No Room for Woolly Thinking in the Re/Insurance Industry

by David Simmons, January 19, 2012 | Posted in Analytics, Reinsurance

I recently presented a paper on risk perception to the UK’s Parliamentary & Scientific Committee. Below is a snapshot of my speech, but you can access the full paper, “Risky Business: Risk and Reward Assessment in Business Decision Making,” here. Continue reading →

Reinsurance: Baden-Baden and Beyond

by James Vickers, November 22, 2011 | Posted in Reinsurance

Willis Re's James Vickers discusses the big issues facing reinsurers in the run-up to the 1/1 renewals, including CBI, model changes & the EU debt crisis. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Insurance: A Little Earning is a Dangerous Thing…

by David Simmons, November 17, 2011 | Posted in Reinsurance

As Alexander Pope so nearly said, re/insurance company earnings are key to the firm’s valuation. Recent research from Citigroup provides more evidence that insurance firms with low earning volatility have higher stock multiples and better shareholder returns. Continue reading →

The End of the Hard Market as we Know it?

by Ingrid Booth, October 7, 2011 | Posted in Reinsurance

While most reinsurance folk have already packed away their chinos and Polo shirts until next year’s Monte Carlo Rendez-vous, one of the main themes from this September’s event endures in the run up to the 1/1 renewals: What will trigger … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Notes from Monte Carlo – What’s on the Minds of Reinsurers

by James Vickers, September 23, 2011 | Posted in Reinsurance

I’m back from another whirlwind week of meetings and networking at the Monte Carlo Reinsurance Rendezvous and have had a chance to reflect on some of the main themes to emerge from this year’s event. Continue reading → Continue reading →