CONTENTS
EDITOR’S LETTER
Never mind hardening rates, climate change is top of the agenda now
This shift has been propelled largely by tangible losses that increasingly seem to be driven by climate change.
INTERVIEW: MOSES OJEISEKHOBA, SWISS RE
Renewals will mean a rethink on what passes for adequate pricing
With talks for the crucial 1/1 renewal season set to kick off at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous (albeit virtually), will the upward trajectory in pricing persist?
INTERVIEW: MARCO SORDONI, UNIPOLRE
Quantifying climate change: Unipol mulls using a climate index
Marco Sordoni of UnipolRe and the Unipol Group is looking at ways of factoring the increasing uncertainty into its reinsurance programme.
INTERVIEW: ADAM PODLAHA, AON’S IMPACT FORECASTING
Modelling risks in a shifting environment
Can risk modellers find solutions to some of the key issues facing the insurance industry today? Adam Podlaha discusses how Aon is addressing the industry’s challenges.
INTERVIEW: CCR RE
How can new reinsurers weather the current storms?
Going into renewal season, how does a relatively young reinsurer see things? Intelligent Insurer spoke to two executives from CCR Re.
INTERVIEW: KATHLEEN REARDON, HISCOX RE & ILS
Rosier outlook for pricing set to continue through 1/1
Hiscox Re & ILS’s CEO sat down in the Re/insurance Lounge to discuss the latest developments.
CLIMATE CHANGE
The shifting foundations of the Atlantic hurricane season
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing the global re/insurance industry, and nowhere more so than in Atlantic storm cover, a panel discussed.
HURRICANES
A heavy Atlantic hurricane season is ahead, panel finds
There has already been one significant storm in the US season as Hurricane Ida ripped through large parts of the Gulf Coast, causing widespread flooding and damage.
INTERVIEW: KAREN CLARK
Insurers can no longer avoid climate change
By using the right catastrophe models, insurers can account for climate change in a very clear way, explains cat modelling pioneer Karen Clark.
RENEWALS
The insurance industry’s changing post-pandemic assumptions
Greg Dickerson of AM Best outlines for Monte Carlo Today the biggest issues on the horizon.
POST-PANDEMIC
Climate change and increased rates: today’s menu for re/insurers
What’s in store for the industry after the pandemic? Miller’s Mike Papworth shares his thoughts.
NEWS
SCOR looks ahead
SCOR CEO Rousseau warns not to expect radical changes from the group’s current strategy.
NEWS
Pandemic will bolster demand in APAC
Fitch sees opportunities emerging in the Asia-Pacific region for the sector.
