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Asset-intensive reinsurance intensively assessed
09 April 2024The NAIC is drawing up proposals to tackle asset-intensive reinsurance as regulators worry about the vast volumes of risk being ceded outside the US. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Life reinsurers spy a goldmine in Asia
02 April 2024A $3trn market is waiting to be tapped and asset-intensive reinsurers are priming themselves to be there, as Sarfraz Thind reports
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The red flags for private equity in insurance
06 March 2024Supervisors have their sights set on private equity-backed insurers, but what precisely are the business practices at issue? Christopher Cundy and Sarfraz Thind summarise the view from the market
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Bermuda's tax bomb is a boon, says Karel Van Hulle
26 February 2024From new tax rules to an ever-expanding life market, Bermuda is in a transformational phase. Karel Van Hulle, the father of Solvency II and a BMA board member, tells Sarfraz Thind why these changes will do the market good
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US property rate debate rages as natcats soar
08 February 2024Demands for higher rates for homeowners coverage are creating tensions among consumer groups, regulators and underwriters. Sarfraz Thind reports on attempts to sustain the market as natural catastrophe losses mount
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IMF takes a shot at private equity-backed insurers
21 December 2023Contagion, illiquidity risk and regulatory arbitrage... the International Monetary Fund has this week raised concerns over PE-owned insurance and advised regulators to talk more about the risks. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Eiopa's Fausto Parente: we are not creating reinsurance barriers
07 December 2023The executive director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) talks to Paul Walsh about the authority's approach to reinsurance supervision, lapse risk and concerns with current EU developments
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MAS's Daniel Wang on Singapore's insurance challenge
04 December 2023The head of the insurance department at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) talks to Sarfraz Thind about tackling global risks and how the country is leveraging its climate expertise to shine on the world stage
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Cyber risk's fundamental mischaracterisation as an insurance risk
15 November 2023Tim Freestone and Malcolm McLelland argue for a radical overhaul of how cyber risk is quantified and priced. In the first of a two-part article, they explain the classification of cyber as a market risk and propose using modern financial theory to model it
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Eiopa's third-country reinsurance rules must strike a delicate balance
04 October 2023Achieving sound risk management while avoiding protectionism is crucial for addressing coverage gaps, argues Carlos Montalvo Rebuelta