CONTENTS
EDITOR’S LETTER
Renewals: a hard road
Renewals season is not known for being an easy ride, but the January 1, 2022 renewals were particularly gruelling.
REAL TALK
Humanitarian relief cat bonds in pipeline
Howden’s unique cat bond that melded volcano risk and humanitarian relief was a headline-grabbing deal, with more to come.
OUR MARKET TODAY
Pushing through price increases
Cedants saw wildly different outcomes at the European renewals, an Intelligent Insurer panel heard.
OUR MARKET TODAY
No catastrophe for casualty, but challenges remain
Casualty and specialty lines also had their areas of contention at the European renewals.
OUR MARKET TODAY
You can’t always get what you want
Rates moved in the right direction at the US 1/1 renewals for reinsurers, but not far enough.
OUR MARKET TODAY
A delicate balance
The battle between uncertainty and capacity determined exactly where rates landed at the US renewals.
OUR MARKET TODAY
Are rates in the reinsurance sector beginning to cool?
Fitch Ratings director for EMEA insurance, Robert Mazzuoli, gives his view.
OUR MARKET TODAY
Re/insurers must beware of cat ‘blind spots’
The industry needs to prepare for the unexpected, says Anna Neely of TigerRisk Partners.
THE BUSINESS
Is the D&O market beginning to recover?
There has been a hardening of rates, says Gallagher managing director David Ritchie.
THE BUSINESS
Sompo widens M&A lens
The Japanese insurer has new ideas for the ‘flexible’ deployment of its cash stash, says SVP Nigel Frudd.
TECH
Transformation, unicorns, and car crashes
The space is still very much in its infancy, but that is soon to change.
TECH
Beware of crushing your insurtech partners
Large incumbents must be clear on their technology strategy, panel warns.
TECH
The race for data in trade accelerates
Paul Latarche of Verisk cautions against creating a ‘spaghetti junction’ of connections.
TECH
Better together
It’s time for the reinsurance industry to start realising efficiencies in its use of data, says a new whitepaper from Supercede.
TECH
Space, satellites and solving problems
An insurtech has made the move into space. Forbes McKenzie of McKenzie Intelligence Services explains.
CLAIMS
Staking a claim
First movers will be the winners in the digital claims revolution, says Jeff Saye of Genpact.
CLAIMS
Cutting-edge claims technology: where next?
Advances are set to take the once “poor cousin” of the industry into a bright future: Docosoft’s Aidan O’Neill.
CLAIMS
MCT claims: it’s time for re/insurance CEOs to look closer
The business of major complex technical claims punches above its weight: Adam Humphrey of GRS International.
MGAs
MGAs have great data—they just don’t know it
Capacity is again available for MGAs—if they demonstrate certain key traits, says David Hughes of Mulberry Risk.
MGAs
Look to MGA startups to reveal hidden business
Digital innovation is coming from startups rather than incumbents: Steven Crabb of Davies Insurance Services.
MGAs
Growth plans for Descartes
MGA Descartes has raised $120 million in Series B funding. Intelligent Insurer finds out more.
