Baden-Baden 2019: Monday edition
Welcome to the second day of our coverage from the 2019 Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting!
We are delighted to provide you with the second electronic copy of The Insurer’s daily Baden-Baden edition. Here you will find the latest news, analysis and intelligence from our team of journalists and analysts attending the event in the elegant German spa town.
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NEWS
Hagibis adds to retro uncertainty at 1.1
The arrival of Typhoon Hagibis hot on the heels of Faxai means there is a growing expectation that a tighter retro market will add momentum to property cat renewals at 1.1
Capital markets open for terrorism “diversifier” while carriers hunt for rate
As capital markets look to terrorism risk as a diversifier within investment portfolios, underwriters are concerned about the depressing rate environment and lack of available models
ANALYSIS
Steering casualty towards more profitable horizons
(Re)insurance executives gathered at a roundtable hosted by The Insurer discuss the challenges and opportunities of today’s rapidly shifting casualty market
Senior reinsurance executives weigh in on rate momentum, the reinsurance ‘lag’ and the dark clouds on the horizon for the industry
INTERVIEWS
Investor appetite will shape 1.1 renewals
Despite the noise around loss creep, Aon’s Mike Van Slooten maintains that the reinsurance sector is in a strong position
Time for a new, data-led approach to downstream energy risk?
Russell Group’s Suki Basi on how modelling risks in the energy market is helping underwriters to understand their peak exposures
Introducing RICAP “Connecting Risk to Capital” – a digital marketplace of the future
Kathleen Faries discusses her role as chair of ChainThat’s Bermuda-based digital initiative – Risk Meets Capital (RICAP)
We won’t “punish” European clients for US loss events: DEVK Re
DEVK Re’s Beatrix Grimm and Cliff Falkenhagen on their strategy to form long-term partnerships and beat fluctuating premium levels for their insurers
COMMENT AND OPINION
Climate resilience: an industry responsibility
Ruth Lux, head of Public Sector EMEA at Guy Carpenter, discusses the role the sector has to play in mitigating the loss effects of climate change