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IRB Brasil Re plans $436m capital raise
Brazilian reinsurer looks to boost solvency after rating downgrade
Prudential Financial completes $1.7bn of longevity reinsurance in H1
UK market resilient to Covid-19, says insurer
Zurich arranges £1.4bn longevity swap for UBS UK pension scheme
The deal sees 100% of the longevity risk reinsured by Canada Life Reinsurance.
Major storms drive 10-fold rise in claims for Flood Re
Flood Re has also highlighted the global challenge of climate change
United Insurance Holdings names Chris Dittman as CRO
The CRO role is a new leadership position at the US property and casualty insurer
Jelena Strelets to head actuarial planning at Pacific Life Re
She joins the reinsurer from EY in Bermuda
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Mapfre Re collaborates with Kovrr to manage cyber risk
Israeli-based cyber risk modelling firm Kovrr is an InsuranceERM award winner
Replenished capital drive marks June and July reinsurance renewals
Willis Re added reinsurers recognise Covid-19 losses may take several years to settle
Lloyd's proposes "Black Swan Re" and other ideas to manage systemic risk, post-Covid-19
Corporation setting up Centre of Excellence for systemic risk management
Analysis
"Wrong tone" casts insurers as Covid-19 villains
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Insurance and communication experts debated the reputation of insurance after the Covid-19 pandemic in InsuranceERM's latest webinar. Many achievements were highlighted, but a lack of empathy was a key criticism. Ronan McCaughey explains
Is a Pandemic Re the answer in a post-Covid-19 world?
Experts have debated the need for a pandemic insurance risk backstop, what it should cover and how it should be funded. Ronan McCaughey reports from the latest of InsuranceERM's Covid-19 webinar series
AAIC's ERM journey: inspired by Europe
AAIC's CRO Lorie Graham started the company's ERM programme in 2008 at a time when the US reinsurance sector had few models to look at. So she took her inspiration from the Europeans, she tells Sarfraz Thind
Winners revealed in InsuranceERM Awards 2020
The awards recognise the best insurance risk management providers serving the UK and Europe
Australia and reinsurance: continuing the affair
Australia's insurers make extensive use of reinsurance and reinsurers like to take on the risk - and the relationship looks set to survive the recent catastrophes that have beset the country, as David Walker reports
China's coronavirus outbreak could hit insurers severely - UPDATED
Insurance experts talk to Ronan McCaughey about the mortality, operational and economic losses the deadly virus poses for the re/insurance industry