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Mosaic: building it piece by piece
10 May 2021Mitch Blaser has spent a half century in the Bermudian insurance industry. Now he has returned with Mosaic, a specialty insurer that may just sate his appetite for new ventures. He talks to Sarfraz Thind about what brought him back
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The BMA's environmental evolution
05 May 2021Bermuda has embarked on a plan to make the territory a hub for insurance climate work. The island's insurance regulator, Gerald Gakundi, discusses its role in tackling the climate risk conundrum with Sarfraz Thind
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Can governments make a smooth exit from trade credit markets?
29 April 2021Credit and suretyship insurers received significant public support during the pandemic, but participants are now questioning how much longer it should continue, as ICISA chief Richard Wulff explains to David Walker
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How to make a SiriusPoint
26 April 2021Third Point Re's merger with Sirius has created a big new Bermudian reinsurer. The former hedge fund reinsurer's chiefs talks to Sarfraz Thind about abandoning its volatile old ways and creating a more balanced life
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Aviva's Ben Luckett: risk management is where some of the most exciting technologies reside
22 April 2021Ben Luckett was named Aviva's chief innovation officer in January with a remit to propel the firm's digital development. He explains to Paul Walsh how its tech strategy has evolved and what's in store for risk management
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MS Amlin AG's Catherine Farnworth: Covid-19 has increased the visibility of the risk team
19 April 2021The chief risk officer of MS Amlin's reinsurance business talks to Paul Walsh about how 2020's events have shaped strategy and how the status of the risk management function has evolved.
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Bermuda's finance minister: insurance business helped us survive Covid-19
16 April 2021Minister of Finance Curtis Dickinson sat down with Sarfraz Thind to give his views on the state of the island's re/insurance business, the continued dangers of the pandemic and what the government is doing to foster growth
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Reinsurance could potentially offer IFRS 17 profit mutualisation
13 April 2021Alexandre Tzenev, managing director for financial solutions EMEA at Scor, tells Cintia Cheong how reinsurance can offset the impact of onerous contracts under IFRS 17
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UK pension risk transfer demand could soar to £100bn
09 April 2021LCP says insurers need to be prepared for the volumes of pension risk transfer business it expects later in this decade. Ronan McCaughey explains why there is such an upbeat outlook for the sector
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Governments win in Covid-19 trade credit reinsurance programmes
07 April 2021Governments have profited from the support they offered trade credit insurers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Insurers say they have no regrets, but are looking forward to the end of state aid. David Walker reports