Transatlantic Reinsurance Company Fair American Insurance and Reinsurance Company --IFS at 'A+'.
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Significant reinsurance losses could also impact catastrophe bonds and collateralized reinsurance structures.
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The case centers partly on a reinsurance deal A.I.G. struck with General Reinsurance Corporation.
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Reinsurance net premium volume declined due to MKL's decision to exit UK motor reinsurance and materially scale back its quota share percentage on U.S. non-standard auto reinsurance.
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Natural catastrophe losses, such as floods, are covered under reinsurance treaties and excess-of-loss reinsurance covers.
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Fitch considers PRE to have a strong reinsurance business profile, writing a diverse mix of reinsurance lines.
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Two former General Reinsurance executives pleaded guilty in 2005 to federal criminal charges over the A.I.G. reinsurance.
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Robert Bredahl appointed as ceo of Third Point Reinsurance (Usa) Ltd - SEC Filing * Third Point Reinsurance Ltd- Bredahl to continue to serve as president, ceo of company but will no longer be ceo of Third Point Reinsurance Company Ltd * Third Point Reinsurance Ltd - effective as of Aug 3, John Berger stepped down as ceo of third point re usa * Third Point Reinsurance Ltd-effective as of Aug 3, Daniel Malloy promoted to ceo of Third Point Reinsurance Company Ltd Source text: (bit.
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Pressure on reinsurance renewals could also affect an insurers' business profile, especially smaller firms that rely heavily on reinsurance.
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The full report, titled "Asian Reinsurance Markets: Regulatory Reforms to Boost Asian Reinsurance Competitive Dynamics" is available on www.fitchratings.
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These favorable factors are partially offset by PRE's limited diversity outside of reinsurance and Fitch's negative sector outlook on global reinsurance.
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Marein's average market share of 35% by life reinsurance GWP over 2014-2016 was the second-highest among domestic life reinsurance companies.
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Local regulations require 30% of all non-life reinsurance be ceded to NITF, with the balance ceded to the international reinsurance market.
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Global rates for retrocession, the reinsurance of reinsurance, also came in below expectations, with rises of 10-20 percent, JLT Re said.
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The United States is the world's largest market for reinsurance, but more than half the reinsurance U.S. insurers is purchased from abroad.
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Fitch views the statutory capitalization of RGA Reinsurance as strong, although the company relies on affiliated captive reinsurance to maintain target capital levels.
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Persistently low interest rates and increasingly intense competition, especially in non-life reinsurance, continue to drive price softening across certain major reinsurance classes.
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This will mainly be driven by the collateralised reinsurance segment, where funds are likely to expand their reinsurance capacity at lower pricing margins.
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Reinsurance: The desire to include reinsurance funding in the package has only become more bipartisan since the fall, with House Republicans coming onboard.
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However, its scale is small compared with regional reinsurance peers, as the majority of reinsurance premiums in Indonesia are ceded to offshore reinsurers.
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The other 80% goes to Goodcover's partners: KnightBrook Insurance (primary carrier), Transatlantic Reinsurance (reinsurance), North American Risk Services (claims services) and Milliman (actuarial services).
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Third, affiliate reinsurance is a widely used tool by U.S. and global insurers as it has benefits that simply aren't replicated in non-affiliate reinsurance.
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RNR has managed the challenging reinsurance market environment through increased diversification away from its property catastrophe risk focus and more into casualty and specialty reinsurance business.
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A record $585 billion in reinsurance capital has helped to drive down prices in the reinsurance market, although the pace of declines is starting to slow.
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From reinsurance companies' perspective, insured losses are likely to largely fall within primary insurers' retention levels under catastrophe reinsurance programs, with a small portion ceded to reinsurers.
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RNR continues to manage the challenging reinsurance market environment through increased diversification away from its property catastrophe risk focus and more into casualty and specialty reinsurance business.
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Indicated 0.8 percent higher Allianz said it entered a reinsurance and consulting agreement with run-off specialist Enstar, involving the transfer of $1.1 billion of U.S. long-tail liabilities to Enstar via a 50 percent quota share reinsurance of selected portfolios carried by Allianz unit San Francisco Reinsurance Company.
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"Our supervisory reviews of firms' reinsurance activities have not, however, brought to light significant immediate concerns about the way in which that reinsurance is being conducted," he said.
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They could serve as an alternative to reinsurance cover, which is scarce as sanctions mean Iran is shut out of global reinsurance markets such as Lloyd's of London.
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Urtrust added non-marine catastrophe excess-of-loss reinsurance treaties in 2017 and the probable maximum loss after its reinsurance arrangements is tolerable relative to its capital scale.
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The following issuer(s) did not participate in the rating process, or provide additional information, beyond the issuer's available public disclosure: Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated, RGA Reinsurance Company.
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Reinsurance prices fell at the start of 2016 and are expected to remain under pressure in the coming months, though the pace of decline is moderating, reinsurance brokers said.
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The affirmation of TPRe's IFS rating reflects the company's consistent underwriting profitability from its non-life reinsurance portfolio, ongoing expansion of its life reinsurance business and solid solvency position.
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To keep reinsurance inexpensive, reinsurance companies take on disparate and unrelated risks from all over the world to create a pool of capital that is both large and diversified.
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Metabiota also advertises its platform to reinsurance companies — reinsurance is essentially insurance for insurance companies — that might want to manage the financial risks associated with a disease's potential spread.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Property reinsurance rates rose by up to 25% in the latest renewal round in areas of Florida hit by hurricanes, reinsurance broker Willis Re said on Monday.
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LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London said on Thursday it received final regulatory approval for its reinsurance branch in India and will open in time for April reinsurance renewals.
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RNRC is a reinsurance company founded in August 2016 to develop the local reinsurance market in Russia and to reinsure risks assumed by local insurance companies related to sanctioned businesses.
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It includes reinsurance of property, cargo or marine risks related to military and double-use products and industries, reinsurance of risks underwritten in Crimea, and some one-off large projects.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS The upgrade of the National IFS Rating follows Marein's diversification into the non-life reinsurance business, which is evident in its stronger non-life reinsurance market franchise.
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This may be manifested through a reduction in the importance of Echo Re within the DEVK group's reinsurance operations or of reinsurance operations as a whole within the DEVK group.
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The Reinsurance Association of America lobbied Congress in 2012 and 2014 to confirm FEMA's authority to purchase reinsurance and to take out catastrophe bonds, a newer form of risk transfer.
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Jain, 66, Berkshire's top reinsurance executive and the other strong contender to succeed Buffett, was appointed vice chairman to oversee insurance operations such as Geico auto insurance and General Re reinsurance.
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In addition, deterioration in reinsurance sector fundamentals or consolidation in the reinsurance landscape that Fitch views as weakening PRE's competitive position, business profile or overall profitability could lead to a downgrade.
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His testimony is set to resume next week, when the state is expected to quiz him about the other disputed transactions in the case, two reinsurance deals with General Reinsurance Corp.
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The change adds to the duties of Jain, 64, who has expanded the Berkshire reinsurance unit he oversees, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, even as General Re has curbed underwriting amid increased competition.
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According to Paresh Patel, HCI's chief executive officer, the company expects to recognize net reinsurance costs of approximately $22000 million for the 2600-28 reinsurance year, or approximately 2813 percent of the company's estimated gross premiums earned for that year, compared with approximately $2405 million, or 9493 percent of gross premiums earned, in the 2949-2574 reinsurance year.
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Wildfires in California, net of reinsurance, will add between $150 million and $175 million to AIG's net pretax losses for the fourth quarter, since the company has triggered its reinsurance coverage, Duperreault said.
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And 2017 was also the biggest test so far of reinsurance provided directly by investors, whether through catastrophe bonds or "collateralised reinsurance", where a fund manager puts up collateral to cover potential claims.
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This partnership favorably expands Transatlantic's reinsurance business opportunities and adds fee income for managing the underwriting and liabilities, while providing GenRe broker reinsurance market access, which is beyond its traditional direct-only capacity.
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Swartz notes that this group accounts for about 28503-percent of all medical expenses and the reinsurance program would induce insurers to lower their premiums by the percent of expense the reinsurance covers.
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Such countries almost universally exempt financial services from the tax and only China, with a reinsurance market a fraction the size of the U.S. market, applies such a tax to internationally sourced reinsurance.
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And that program, known as reinsurance, is expiring next year.
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Speaking of Maine and Alaska's state reinsurance programs, GOP Sen.
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Establishes a reinsurance program to help insurers with expensive enrollees.
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Reinsurance directly compensates insurance carriers for their most expensive customers.
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Zenkyoren manages earthquake risks by using reinsurance and catastrophe bonds.
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Buying reinsurance helps NFIP offset some of its financial risks.
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Politically, creating a federal reinsurance program could sink the bill.
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The other two, risk corridors and reinsurance, lasted three years.
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The reinsurance giant added talks were at an early stage.
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Mediterranean and Gulf Cooperative Insurance and Reinsurance (MedGulf) rose 1.13%.
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She also assented to a European reinsurance arrangement for unemployment.
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Collins argues her reinsurance bill would help cancel that out.
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He also deployed a reinsurance program to mitigate catastrophe losses.
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Ryan has expressed interest in the reinsurance payments in particular.
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Fitch regards Munich Re's reinsurance operation as one of a very select group that has the scale, diversity and financial strength to attract the highest quality business being placed into the global reinsurance market.
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"While it is difficult to compare reinsurance coverages year to year, we expect to reduce our reinsurance spend by approximately $23860 million this contract year when compared with the prior contract year," said Patel.
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For more details on our expectations for the sector, including the potential for further M&A and the prospects for the alternative reinsurance market, see the report "2321 Outlook: Global Reinsurance" available at www.fitchratings.
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Arch Reinsurance Company Arch Reinsurance Europe Underwriting Designated Activity Company Arch Insurance Company Arch Excess and Surplus Insurance Company Arch Specialty Insurance Company Arch Indemnity Insurance Company Arch Insurance Company (Europe) Limited --IFS 'A+'.
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The market is relatively nascent, but Fitch expects issuances to gain traction in the near to medium term, with larger players, such as China Reinsurance Corporation and Korean Reinsurance Company, having led the way.
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Fitch regards Swiss Re's reinsurance operation as one of a very select group that have the scale, diversity and financial strength to attract the highest quality business being placed into the global reinsurance market.
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Reinsurance broker Willis Re on Monday said reinsurance prices continued to fall for contracts taking effect at the start of 2016 and that predictions of an end to the multi-year decline had proved illusory.
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Indicated 22 percent lower Reinsurance prices are continuing to fall but at a slower pace than in previous years, Munich Re said on Sunday, as the reinsurance industry faces a fifth year of falling premiums.
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Arch Reinsurance Company Arch Reinsurance Europe Underwriting Designated Activity Company Arch Insurance Company Arch Excess and Surplus Insurance Company Arch Specialty Insurance Company Arch Indemnity Insurance Company Arch Insurance Company (Europe) Limited --IFS at 'A+'.
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The overall impact on the reinsurance sector from increased M&A will depend on how much capacity is removed from the market and whether alternative sources of reinsurance then expand to replace the lost capacity.
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For more information on the impact of S2 on the reinsurance sector, including the solvency capital requirement coverage reported by Europe's major reinsurers, see the report "Reinsurance in a Solvency II World", available from www.fitchratings.
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Reinsurance and strong catastrophe reserves should be a major mitigating factor.
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JLT Re's property-catastrophe reinsurance index fell 8.2 pct at Jan.
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AIG is also buying reinsurance to mitigate losses on old business.
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Insurers have long spread catastrophe risk by taking out reinsurance policies.
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Reinsurance premiums paid by primary insurers are also likely to increase.
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The ratings also reflect Fitch's negative sector outlook on global reinsurance.
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The report titled 'Indonesian Reinsurance Dashboard 2017' is available at www.fitchratings.
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Fitch considers insurance risk to be mitigated through solid reinsurance arrangements.
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In reinsurance, the firm said there were "single digit" rate reductions.
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Reinsurance continues to be a popular, bipartisan solution to premium increases.
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Reinsurance could also be used to shield insurers from large payouts.
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Reinsurance is one of the rare measures that enjoys bipartisan support.
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Susan Collins is still owed a vote on a reinsurance bill.
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And, don't forget the underperforming reinsurance program itself expires this year.
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Oscar's 2019 financial resultsOscar's financials are affected by two reinsurance deals.
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It's supposed to be available for high-risk or reinsurance pool.
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It's not clear when Collins requested an increase in reinsurance funding.
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In addition, the ratings reflect Fitch's negative sector outlook on global reinsurance, as the fundamentals of the reinsurance sector have deteriorated with declining premium pricing and weakening of terms and conditions, particularly for property catastrophe risk.
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Among the hardest hit business areas were marine reinsurance, where prices fell in almost all lines and regions despite big damage claims from explosions at the Chinese port of Tianjin, energy, aviation and natural catastrophe reinsurance.
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About two thirds of Hannover Re's property and casualty reinsurance premiums were up for renewal at the start of the year, with the renewed volume falling by 1.4 percent in traditional reinsurance to 4.62 billion euros.
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Given the low capacity of the local insurance sector and its high dependence on outwards reinsurance purchased abroad, it may be difficult to pass the increased costs of outwards reinsurance to local commercial policyholders in full.
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One, a reinsurance deal between A.I.G. and General Reinsurance Corporation, a company owned by Berkshire Hathaway, prompted federal criminal charges in Connecticut against several former executives of the companies; two former Gen Re executives pleaded guilty.
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Redundancies of $108 million in 2017 in the U.S. Insurance, International Insurance and Reinsurance segments were largely offset by $85 million of adverse development for its run-off book of UK motor exposures in the Reinsurance segment.
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Non-life reinsurance premiums were forecast to grow 2.7 percent in 2017 and 2.9 percent in 2018, while life reinsurance premium growth would slow to 1 percent in the next two years from 1.5 percent in 2016.
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Berkshire on Friday said it lost $3 billion before taxes, or $1.95 billion after-tax, from the disasters, leaving its Geico auto insurance, General Re reinsurance and Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance units with underwriting losses for the year.
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Fitch believes that Allied World will likely maintain the strong operating franchise in specialty primary insurance lines going forward, and reinsurance operations will benefit from the combined size and scale of Fairfax's existing Odyssey Re reinsurance business.
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ASM mitigates its catastrophe risks through proportional and non-proportional reinsurance treaties.
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Insurers use reinsurance to limit the maximum costs of any individual claim.
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The company is also exiting some reinsurance policies involving Iran, AIG said.
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Catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, jumped to $318 million from $162 million.
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You had health plans that were underpricing their products and receiving reinsurance.
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Catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, fell by $161 million to $193 million.
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PL's RBC ratio benefits from its extensive use of captive reinsurance arrangements.
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Reinsurance programmes would bring premiums down and begin to redress the imbalance.
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At first countries worried that unscrupulous brokers were overcharging for the reinsurance.
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Then the government pays 80% of the costs, through a reinsurance program.
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Campbell is now seeing Chris Estwanik, assistant vice president of Validus Reinsurance.
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Reinsurance stocks suffered after flooding triggered by Tropical Storm Harvey devastated Houston.
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House Republicans have signaled they're open to some kind of reinsurance program.
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In addition, the ratings reflect Fitch's negative sector outlook on global reinsurance.
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Fitch considers insurance risk to be well-mitigated through solid reinsurance arrangements.
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Munich Re is a leading reinsurance firm - offering insurance for insurance companies.
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Several countries have also adopted protectionist measures to expand their reinsurance market.
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The company's reinsurance renewal prices rose 3 percent for its non-U.
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Exin is a Dutch investor focused on insurance, reinsurance and asset management.
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But that law didn't say that the lender's reinsurance agreements were illegal.
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All of the big reinsurance companies have suffered losses from the hurricanes.
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Reinsurance spending, which is not reflected in premiums, has been rising rapidly.
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Jeff Merkley also telling me they'd support something like Kaine's reinsurance proposal.
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This year, analysts at a reinsurance roundtable in Monte Carlo on Sept.
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Other Republicans have criticized reinsurance as just giving more money to insurers.
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Many experts say the reinsurance funding is more important at this point.
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Mr. Mauro, 33, is the chief investment officer of Fortitude Reinsurance Ltd.
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Validus, through its subsidiaries, offers crop insurance, and property and catastrophe reinsurance.
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This approach, however, would prevent lowering premiums by the reinsurance premium amount.
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Beechwood also acts as a reinsurance provider for CNO Financial Group Inc.
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Reinsurance accounts for 4 percent and CSRs for the other 14 percent.
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We've seen Maine and Alaska doing the hidden reinsurance pool, very innovative.
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This reinsurance protection has not yet proved its efficiency when measured as the reinsurance effect on the net loss ratio since at least 2010, but appears necessary given the scale of single risks relative to AMANAT's net retention.
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He is a son of Laura M. Magrath and Leo K. Magrath of Ridgewood, N.J. The groom's father is a marine reinsurance broker at Guy Carpenter & Company, a reinsurance division, in New York, of the Marsh & McLennan Companies.
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The losses could erode three to four years of aviation reinsurers' premium in the "global excess of loss" category of reinsurance, Willis Re said on Monday in its summary of reinsurance activity at the key April 1 renewal date.
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The group's business is also concentrated in UK motor, but only 21655% is retained because Admiral has a 2033% co-insurance agreement with Munich Re as well as quota share reinsurance agreements in place with major international reinsurance groups.
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Fitch expects further M&A activity across the global reinsurance sector in 2017.
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The full report, 'European P&C Reinsurance Showing Resilience' is available at www.fitchratings.
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Pretax catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, rose to $137 million from $46 million.
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Global reinsurance capital of $320 billion remains at record highs, the broker said.
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Finally, reinsurance arrangements could partially cover claim losses for direct insurers, they concluded.
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Through its managers, the fund invested in currencies, bonds and reinsurance among others.
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Fitch views RGA's above-average reliance on captive reinsurance as a unique risk.
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Both reinsurance and insurance segments reported higher combined ratios relative to comparable periods.
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Similarly, reinsurance lowers premiums by reimbursing plans for largely unavoidable catastrophic medical bills.
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He said the decline in prices in reinsurance had slowed but not stopped.
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Exposure growth benefits are partially offset by weak primary and reinsurance market pricing.
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Reinsurance industry executives gather in Monte Carlo next week for their annual meeting.
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Low interest rates and sliding reinsurance prices have eroded profits in recent years.
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Tim Kaine's proposal to create a permanent reinsurance program for the individual market.
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L valuing the British insurance and reinsurance broker at about 4.3 billion pounds.
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Importantly, this bill would require states to opt in to a reinsurance program.
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The increased use of reinsurance improves SACE's portfolio mix and stabilises financial results.
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Oscar Health has signed a second reinsurance agreement, this time with Berkshire Hathaway.
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The Global Reinsurance Forum is chaired by Inga Beale, chief executive of Lloyd's.
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The underwriting data covered four segments: insurance, reinsurance, life and health, and other.
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YDPIC depends on reinsurance to strengthen its underwriting capacity and mitigate underwriting volatility.
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Losses above such levels could go "over the top" of catastrophe reinsurance programs.
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Why it matters: Reinsurance has been gaining steam on Capitol Hill, and Sen.
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He also hopes to enact a reinsurance policy to further protect the program.
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Multiple investment tips can be garnered from Warren Buffett's acquisition of General Reinsurance.
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In the four years FEMA has purchased reinsurance, it has collected payment once.
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Some of the risk is now transferred to reinsurance and the capital markets.
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Trump could also redirect away some funds under a similar program called reinsurance.
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Some on the left therefore support the reinsurance payments but not the CSRs.
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For example, reinsurance, a lot of CTA (commodity trading advisor) strategies, direct lending.
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Reinsurance companies sell cover to insurers to protect them from very large losses.
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So does a reinsurance program that compensates insurers for unusually high-cost enrollees.
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Another creative way to finance expensive specialty drugs is using a reinsurance model.
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The reinsurance company's profits grew as it reported a rise in premiums written.
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Fitch has affirmed the following ratings with a Stable Outlook: Arch Reinsurance Ltd.
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The move will boost the U.S. insurer's specialty risk and global reinsurance operations.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS The affirmation reflects the strength of Munich Re's franchise and financial profile within the global reinsurance sector, a view that is supported by strong and consistent property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance results and very strong capitalisation.
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Among other moving stocks, insurer Hiscox rose 2.2% and peer Admiral was up 1% after reinsurance broker Willis Re said property reinsurance rates rose by up to 25% in the latest renewal round in areas of Florida hit by hurricanes.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS Fitch's rationale for the affirmation of RNR's ratings reflect the company's continued strong leadership position in the property catastrophe traditional and alternative reinsurance market, increased diversification into casualty and specialty reinsurance, reasonable operating leverage and modest financial leverage.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS Fitch's rationale for the affirmation of RNR's ratings reflect the company's increased diversification into casualty and specialty reinsurance, continued strong leadership position in the property catastrophe traditional and alternative reinsurance market, reasonable operating leverage and modest financial leverage.
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Transatlantic recently entered into a five-year agreement with General Reinsurance Corporation (GenRe) under which Transatlantic acts as the exclusive underwriting manager on behalf of GenRe for U.S. and Canadian broker market treaty reinsurance business written on and after Aug.
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In a letter to Democratic and Republican leaders in both chambers, the coalition of drugmakers, insurers and others in the health sector is seeking a federal reinsurance program or a grant program to provide money for state-led reinsurance programs.
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Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss stocks: Reinsurance prices fell at the start of 2016 and are expected to remain under pressure in the coming months, though the pace of decline is moderating, reinsurance brokers said.
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On Wednesday, Mr. Greenberg's fifth day on the stand in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan, David E. Nachman, a state trial attorney, focused on the windup and aftermath of a two-step $500 million reinsurance deal with General Reinsurance Corp.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS The affirmation reflects SCOR's very strong financial profile and reinsurance franchise.
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They have been dorkily nicknamed "The Three Rs": reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment.
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In Fitch's opinion the reinsurance coverage is adequate, though concentrated in only one reinsurer.
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Coriolis Capital invests mainly in natural disaster bonds, options, collateralized reinsurance and climate derivatives.
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The new reinsurance program convinced Premera to only raise rates 7 percent in 2017.
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Each state wants to provide "reinsurance"—jargon for assuming some of insurers' risks themselves.
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Fitch has also affirmed the senior debt ratings of Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
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Reinsurance firm Swiss Re estimated that Katrina led to $80 billion in insured losses.
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The reinsurance giant's stock pared early losses to end the session around the flatline.
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Pre-tax catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, rose to $347 million from $318 million.
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Pre-tax catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, rose to $333 million from $221 million.
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The reinsurance talks show the company is now trying to return to normal operations.
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A starting point is programs similar to ObamaCare's risk adjustment, reinsurance and risk corridors.
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There's now a much bigger focus on reinsurance, particularly a bill sponsored by Sens.
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Insurers also argue that they set their premiums in anticipation of unlawful reinsurance payments.
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Reinsurance — directly paying insurers for their most expensive enrollees — can make a big difference.
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Fitch believes SIAT's use of reinsurance is adequate for the risks the company assumes.
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N), brokered the deal and reinsurance broker Aon Benfield, an Aon Plc unit (AON.
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Travelers' pretax catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, rose to $2.903 million from $41 million.
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"Pricing momentum in the London market and reinsurance continues to be positive," Masojada said.
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Insurance and reinsurance premiums continued to fall but at a slower pace, he said.
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And he definitely wouldn't support a spending bill that appropriates money for the reinsurance.
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The push on reinsurance matches up with one of the ObamaCare bills that Sen.
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Its yearly revenue dropped 11.2 percent to A$15.45 billion, as reinsurance income fell.
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Moreover, the time has come for FEMA to become a sophisticated buyer of reinsurance.
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Despite hurting profits, higher catastrophe costs can ease pressure on pricing in reinsurance markets.
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Oscar also signed a second reinsurance agreement, this time with Berkshire Hathaway's NICO subsidiary.
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It's not just the case that insurance companies import reinsurance – they also export risk.
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N Partner Reinsurance Europe Plc, Aspen Specialty Insurance and Swiss Re's Westport Insurance Corp.
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If it isn't included, expect reinsurance to remain part of the health care conversation.
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The end of these reinsurance payments could push premiums up 4 to 7 percent.
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OMB says those subsidies would be more cost-effective than a new reinsurance program.
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Before adding in reinsurance, though, the company lost more than $50 million last year.
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A complete picture of the impact on reinsurance demand will take time to emerge.
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Tim Kaine (D-VA), who unveiled a new reinsurance package this June, told me.
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Swiss Re has named Russell Higginbotham as the C.E.O. of its Asian reinsurance arm.
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They, too, recently told lawmakers they think a federal reinsurance program might make sense.
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"We could begin to see some firming of reinsurance pricing going forward," said Hochberg.
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Dellaert had also worked at Goldman Sachs' securities division credit trading and reinsurance businesses.
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Based in Cologne, Germany, he will report to Dieter Winkel, chief underwriting officer, reinsurance.
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But GOP lawmakers have been warming to the proposal recently, particularly the reinsurance funding.
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The chairman are taking aim at the reinsurance program, about two weeks after Sens.
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P&C reinsurance reported a Fitch-calculated FY15 combined ratio of 86% (FY14: 84%).
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Minnesota has a "reinsurance-type" waiver application pending, said CMS Deputy Administrator Randy Pate.
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IAG added it experienced "modest upwards pressure" on reinsurance rates during the renewal process.
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Democrats have been pushing for the CSR payments and the reinsurance funding for months.
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Her mother, a reinsurance consultant, is the chief executive of Ameya Consulting in Livingston.
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She hopes the passage of her reinsurance bill, plus a bill authored by Sens.
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BRUSSELS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: — French reinsurance company Scor to acquire MutRe, a French company involved in the reinsurance of companies' insurance policies (approved Sept.
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"Over the last few years intense pricing competition and excess capital in the reinsurance market contributed to large rate reductions and more favorable terms and conditions, allowing Florida homeowners' insurers to keep and expand reinsurance programs," said James Auden, Managing Director, Fitch.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS The affirmation reflects the strength of Munich Re's franchise and the group's very strong business profile within the global reinsurance sector, a view that is supported by very strong capitalisation and consistent property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance results.
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NITF recovered LKR2.6 billion in 2016 via NNDIS's reinsurance cover that was in place for 2016-2017; that is, after a deductible of LKR0003 billion, which was retained by the company, as well as NITF's share of claims on NNDIS's reinsurance cover.
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"PHH did not violate RESPA if it charged no more than the reasonable market value for the reinsurance it required the mortgage insurers to purchase, even if the reinsurance was a quid pro quo for referrals," Mulvaney wrote in the legal filing.
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"They don't have a coupon, they don't have a final maturity date, rather they represent a participation in a reinsurance contract and that innovation is what allows us to be able to handle really any type of insurance and reinsurance risk," he said.
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FAFLIC is considered core as it is used by GAFG to retain New York business in block reinsurance transactions and also has reinsurance agreements where it assumes and cedes business internally with other GAFG affiliates, which bolsters the group's willingness to support FAFLIC.
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For example, some combination of scenarios in which private insurers either provide primary coverage to a majority of policyholders or they acquire the transferred risk from the NFIP by way of reinsurance or they jointly underwrite primary flood risk and pool any reinsurance.
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Moody's also said this week that Harvey was unlikely to affect global property reinsurance rates.
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REACH $1.2 BILLION LONGEVITY REINSURANCE AGREEMENT Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (Bengaluru Newsroom)
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The governor entered office intent on expanding state-sponsored reinsurance for private home insurance companies.
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The cost of these subsidies fell by $56 million when Alaska created the reinsurance fund.
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However, Fitch views the company's business profile as weak in comparison with regional reinsurance peers.
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Premiums for reinsurance have fallen, suggesting brokers are keen to build markets, not bilk customers.
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Fitch considers AEL's risky assets ratio to be overstated due to funds withheld reinsurance agreements.
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Validus Re, a major Validus business, sells property-casualty reinsurance for disasters such as hurricanes.
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It also would provide a four-year reinsurance program to help states stabilize their marketplaces.
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The ratings also reflect potentially increased earnings volatility from crop insurance and property treaty reinsurance.
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SI Re's GWP declined in 2015 due to the restructuring of two major reinsurance contracts.
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But such "Chevron deference" cannot be used to defend the reinsurance heist, according to CRS.
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Insurers neglect to mention that CMS repeatedly changed the reinsurance formula to the industry's benefit.
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Property & casualty reinsurance combined ratios reported for FY6060 indicate strong underwriting performances and technical profitability.
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The January 2016 reinsurance renewal confirmed that a price floor has yet to be reached.
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Why this matters: Passing CSR funding and reinsurance into law is key to getting Sen.
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Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray, as well as a new reinsurance program championed by Sen.
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This might involve governments offering some sort of reinsurance cover or waiver from such liability.
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GERMANY WILL CONSIDER EU-WIDE BANK DEPOSIT REINSURANCE - GERMAN FINANCE MINISTER OLAF SCHOLZ IN FT
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So even if increases are mitigated with Walker's reinsurance program, people are still paying more.
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Collins' bill calls for allocating $4.5 billion over two years to fund state reinsurance programs.
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The use of reinsurance markets helps redistribute financial risk, lowering the costs in some circumstances.
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Because reinsurance would reduce premiums, it would also reduce federal spending on premium tax credits.
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Reinsurance currently in place for AXA Equitable Life would also be unwound, the document added.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Global property reinsurance prices have risen less than expected in the key Jan.
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During my time as administrator, FEMA secured reinsurance to bolster the National Flood Insurance Program.
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The bottom line: Reinsurance is by far the most bipartisan solution to the rural problem.
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Funding a federal reinsurance program would lower premiums for everyone — the subsidized and unsubsidized alike.
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S) slid 4.1% after a UBS downgrade to 'sell', while reinsurance group Swiss Re (SRENH.
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The study found that the disconnect between premiums and reinsurance costs has increased over time.
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"You had health plans that were underpricing their products and receiving reinsurance," Avalere's Pearson says.
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The reinsurance firm Swiss Re estimated that Katrina led to $80 billion in insured losses.
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Without reinsurance, it said, its rates would rise 16 percent to 32 percent, on average.
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It captured an overall domestic market share of 37% by gross reinsurance premiums in 2016.
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The company's shares closed 1.3% higher as it is largely covered by their reinsurance programme.
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A reinsurance bill is another measure that Collins has pushed to couple with mandate repeal.
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Other changes include optimising domestic reinsurance capacity and regulating tariffs for property and motor insurance.
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development agrees global affiliate reinsurance is not a loophole.
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The Palmer amendment provided reinsurance for designated conditions and required coverage to include care management.
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But Hannover Reinsurance says Harvey will be much less costly than Hurricanes Katrina or Sandy.
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LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - Liability claims related to the Ethiopian Airlines crash and the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft could be the largest non-war aviation reinsurance claim on record, broker Willis Re said in its April round-up of reinsurance pricing.
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Alternative Reinsurance The impact of Irma is also expected to reach capital market investors, since Florida property risk is passed to the ILS (insurance-linked securities) market through multiple vehicles including catastrophe (cat) bonds, collateralized reinsurance, industry loss warranties, and hedge fund-supported reinsurers.
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Insurance and reinsurance companies are paying particular attention, because these calculations help them reassess risk levels.
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Buffett described once issuing 25,200 shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock to buy General Reinsurance in 1998.
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These portions of the revenue are where partners like KnightBrook and Transatlantic Reinsurance make their money.
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In contrast, the impact of longevity reinsurance on Prism scores tends to be much less pronounced.
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"Why shouldn't the money come back to us to fund the reinsurance program?" she recalls thinking.
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Around 64% of the company's GWP was derived from the life reinsurance business at end-2016.
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The issue at hand concerns reinsurance contracts in GE Capital's American life- and health-insurance portfolio.
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A spokesman for the holding company denied reports Exor reinsurance unit PartnerRe was interested in Scor.
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Local reinsurers' premiums experienced strong growth in 27234, following a 2014 decree on reinsurance capacity optimisation.
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Reinsurance company Munich Re said it was too early to estimate property losses from the storm.
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Beef up an existing program, known as reinsurance, that helps compensate insurers for exceptionally expensive patients.
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Investors have argued that its financial weakness has distracted Munich Re from its core reinsurance business.
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Moreover, 40% of SI Re's premiums in 2015 were related to the inter-group reinsurance programme.
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So federal reinsurance payments, far from falling short of industry expectations, actually exceeded them in 2014.
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Non-life reinsurance underwriting profits fell in 1H17 due to lower surpluses from prior-year reserves.
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Fitch expects SIRe's premium income to be stable in 2016 despite reinsurance rates remaining under pressure.
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FEMA recovered $1.04 billion of those losses through reinsurance it bought in 2017, the agency said.
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Moreover, 41% of SI Re's premiums in 2015 were related to the inter-group reinsurance programme.
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Fitch considers AEL's risky assets ratio to be significantly overstated due to funds withheld reinsurance agreements.
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German reinsurance firm Munich RE said the Northern California fire resulted in damages of $2202 billion.
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Reinsurance programs that protect insurers from high-cost enrollees have also helped to keep premiums lower.
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"Pressure on rates, especially in property reinsurance lines, has continued but is slowing down," it said.
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Earlier this year, after encouragement by Tom Price, then health secretary, Oklahoma proposed a "reinsurance" programme.
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Its syndicates focus on specialist insurance and reinsurance in anything from oil rigs to athletes' legs.
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The reinsurance agreement has $7.2 billion of limit remaining against future adverse development in covered segments.
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Momentum appears to be increasing for funding known as "reinsurance," which is aimed at reducing premiums.
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The insurance and reinsurance industries have every incentive to help reduce regional risk profiles as well.
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Maryland and New Jersey also have reinsurance waivers pending before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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There are two big reasons: Creating a federal reinsurance program would, at least initially, cost money.
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Additionally, we can stabilize premiums to control health-care costs by using tools such as reinsurance.
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The aim is to promote national reinsurance and raise the capacity of the local insurance sector.
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They also want full federal "reinsurance" payments to help insurers with a lot of expensive patients.
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German reinsurance firm Munich RE said the Northern California fire resulted in damages of $6900 billion.
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Fitch has also affirmed Legal & General Reinsurance Company Limited's (L&G Re) IFS rating at 'A+.
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Profits, rather than capital, are most at risk, said A.M. Best reinsurance analyst Robert De Rose.
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Minnesota recently received a similar waiver, and several other states are exploring their own reinsurance programs.
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It is unclear how much of a role reinsurance will play for insurers or J&J.
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Nevertheless, Congress urged FEMA to see if reinsurance and cat bonds could work for the NFIP.
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Losses were well in excess of $2900 billion, after receiving net reinsurance payments of $220006 billion.
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Allied World's ratings also reflect Fitch's negative sector outlooks on non-life insurance and global reinsurance.
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The former executives were accused of overseeing two sham reinsurance deals aimed at duping A.I.G. investors.
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It also doesn't offer to lower other taxes to offset the confiscation of the reinsurance funds.
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We believe that this may be a good time for investors to consider a reinsurance allocation.
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Minnesota is one of three states that is hoping to get approval for a reinsurance program.
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Reinsurance giant Swiss Re spiked to a 52-week high Wednesday on a possible Softbank deal.
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States can't get a waiver unless they have a high-risk pool or a reinsurance program.
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The risk and reinsurance unit of Marsh & Mclennan Co Inc appointed Matthias Meyenhofer as managing director.
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Fitch believes that the large European reinsurers can benefit from growth in demand for structured reinsurance solutions.
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The merger would create a leader in property and casualty insurance, reinsurance and investments, the release said.
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Since debuting in the 1990s, parametric insurance has mostly been confined to the reinsurance of catastrophic events.
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LONDON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Global property and catastrophe reinsurance prices fell 5.7 percent in the key Jan.
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Rates for other forms of reinsurance such as healthcare were flat to moderately lower at the Jan.
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The reinsurance giant Swiss Re was loathe to provide guidance on the storm's significance for the industry.
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For all the gloom, the 2017 losses were also proof of the resilience of the reinsurance industry.
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Together with reinsurance firm, Swiss Re, the IKEA Group is a founding partner of the RE100 initiative.
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It was launched this month to provide reinsurance cover for the risk of warm winters in Europe.
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Validus has four parts, spanning reinsurance, U.S. specialty lines, asset management and a Lloyd's of London underwriter.
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Tim Kaine and Tom Carper introduced a bill this week to add more reinsurance funding to exchanges.
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It owns partial or full stakes in about 22 insurance and reinsurance companies, according to its website.
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ACGL has a broad product portfolio of property/casualty primary insurance, reinsurance and mortgage (re)insurance business.
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Christian Bieri, EMEA reinsurance head at insurance group MS Amlin, said Iran was "very much under discussion".
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Greenlight Capital Re is a property and casualty reinsurance company based in the Cayman Islands and Ireland.
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The bottom line: There's no question reinsurance programs can help lower insurance premiums — if they're big enough.
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Fitch expects that MutRe will be fully integrated into SCOR's health and protection reinsurance operations in France.
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The full report, titled "Asian Reinsurance Markets: Structural Demand Creates Attractive Growth Proposition" is available on www.fitchratings.
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States could use this money for a variety of methods intended to reduce premiums — not just reinsurance.
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Levitt said using the ACA's reinsurance program could be more efficient, just because the structure already exists.
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They can provide a reinsurance company with daily updates on any changes relevant to its risk portfolio.
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Prior to AIG, Vidovich served as global head of claims for insurance and reinsurance at XL Catlin.
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The loss estimates are net of reinsurance and fall to $1.9 billion to $2.0 billion after tax.
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Reinsurance has bipartisan support, and similar plans have been approved in other states like Wisconsin and Alaska.
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Take the long-term care reinsurance business that GE's financial-services arm exited over a decade ago.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS The affirmation reflects SCOR's very strong business profile, reinsurance franchise, financial performance and capitalisation.
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Another would provide "reinsurance" — money to pay for the costs of sick enrollees and bring down premiums.
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Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray, as well as a separate reinsurance proposal Collins has in future legislation.
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Because reinsurance reduces the risk that insurers bear for covering the sickest individuals, it can reduce premiums.
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And Maine Governor Paul LePage got a similar nod on Monday to reinstate that state's reinsurance program.
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Another would provide "reinsurance" -- money to pay for the costs of sick enrollees and bring down premiums.
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N) replaced Prime Reinsurance Company Inc with a subsidiary of Swiss Re Life & Health America Inc (SRENH.
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"We are working with the reinsurance industry, they provide us with exposure data for assets," said Mouradian.
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It is making the payout on the back of stable net profit in a difficult reinsurance market.
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The ILS market has experienced significant growth and has outpaced the traditional reinsurance market in recent years.
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The bills: One would begin the process of seeking a federal waiver to establish a reinsurance program.
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But that guess could be way off, so Obamacare built in a protection for insurance companies: reinsurance.
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These benefits are likely to have the greatest influence on more commoditised reinsurance products such as property.
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It also said Russell Higginbotham would become the new Swiss Re CEO Reinsurance Asia and Regional President.
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One relatively straightforward way to stabilize the ObamaCare marketplaces would be to extend a program called reinsurance.
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Families USA supports reinsurance, but says its inclusion in the plan is not enough to justify support.
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Obtaining equivalence for the reinsurance sector does not require any surrender to rule-taking, Carnegie-Brown said.
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Under ObamaCare, health insurers were expecting a reinsurance pool of about $10 billion in its first year.
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Additionally, around 40% of SI Re's premiums in 2016 were related to the inter-group reinsurance programme.
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Fitch expects Swiss Re's P&C reinsurance business to remain the core earnings generator for the group.
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This should provide high resilience to softening pricing conditions that are being reported across several reinsurance classes.
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Other states continued to file reinsurance waivers and hoped for an expedited review before open enrollment started.
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Gross premiums written (GPW) for 2016 (excluding other segment) was 60% insurance, 30% reinsurance and 0003% mortgage.
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Its syndicates focus on specialist insurance and reinsurance in anything from offshore oil rigs to athletes' legs.
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The second reason is the end of the reinsurance program, which helped pay for very sick enrollees.
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L said it had received approval to convert its Dublin-based reinsurance company into an insurance company.
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However, given the announcement and the competitive nature of the reinsurance market, we now expect reinsurance pricing to increase only modestly in the January 2018 renewal period, even if the new discount rate has not taken effect by then, which will be beneficial for both insurers and their policyholders.
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And in the deal about which Mr. Greenberg was quizzed on Tuesday, the state said that A.I.G. struck two other sham reinsurance deals with General Reinsurance that increased its reserves by $500 million at a time when some analysts and investors were concerned about A.I.G.'s declining reserve levels.
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"Tough market conditions continue and London is still facing challenges in reinsurance and emerging markets," the report said.
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Wenning, 51, is responsible for life reinsurance and human resources and has been a board member since 2009.
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Alaska and Oklahoma, two states represented on the panel, have sought to set up their own reinsurance programs.
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The Alexander-Collins bill includes $5 billion in reinsurance for 2018 and $10 billion for 2019 through 2021.
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AXA executive Matthieu Rouot told Les Echos newspaper that AXA's Indian reinsurance arm would be operational in September.
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Willis Re, the reinsurance business of Willis Towers Watson Plc, named James Kent chief executive, succeeding John Cavanagh.
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The model is tried and tested: the federal government provided reinsurance for the first three years of Obamacare.
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It also has a good level of profitability, adequate capitalization and liquidity, as well as extensive reinsurance capacity.
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Further, there is an expectation for continued weakness in the reinsurance sector that will challenge AXIS Capital's earnings.
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This is leading to consolidation in the reinsurance sector as companies aim to enhance their relative competitive positions.
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This reinsurance program would funnel extra money to the health insurers who get stuck with high-cost patients.
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Fitch also views the commitment from SCR to develop facultative reinsurance as positive for future revenue and profitability.
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This could include, for example, a state plan to create a reinsurance program or invisible high risk pool.
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SIAT's reinsurance programme is a factor supporting its rating and Fitch does not expect material changes in 2016.
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Reinsurance is the subsidization by the government of insurers who find themselves covering customers with high health costs.
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In exchange, the federal government provides reinsurance for certified acts of terrorism that meet the specified loss thresholds.
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But a key policy idea, reinsurance, is not currently on the table, according to a senior GOP aide.
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Khoury-Haq, who has been at Lloyd's for almost five years, worked to digitize the London reinsurance market.
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But global property reinsurance prices rose less than expected, with strong competition limiting increases to single-digit percentages.
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Alaska and Minnesota, for instance, have received permission to use federal funds for reinsurance programs that reduce premiums.
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One measure would provide two years of cost-sharing reduction payments and the other would fund "reinsurance" programs.
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SIAT's reinsurance programme is a factor supporting its rating and Fitch does not expect material changes in 2017.
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His father retired as a vice president of the reinsurance brokerage division of Aon, the London insurance company.
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The Maine Guaranteed Access Reinsurance Association will cover a large share of claims from certain high-risk enrollees.
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Reinsurance was part of the original health reform law, though it was set to expire after three years.
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None of the rate filings take into account the state's reinsurance program, which is intended to stabilize premiums.
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The reinsurance program would use $975 million in state and federal funds over five years to lower rates.
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Its main aim is "to promote a stable, innovative, and competitive worldwide reinsurance market," according to its website.
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Yes, that, and doing some more work on the exchanges through reinsurance and cost sharing and other things.
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The idea of subsidizing high-cost patients through a reinsurance program is also gaining steam on the Hill.
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But that's pretty much the same as the ACA's previous reinsurance program, experts and a GOP aide said.
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Average premiums in Minnesota are also set to decline next year, largely thanks to the state's reinsurance program.
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Patty Murray and Lamar Alexander, and a separate piece of legislation providing federal funds for a reinsurance proposal.
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The cost of buying reinsurance is almost certain to rise, and will eventually be passed on to customers.
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That means enrollees don't have to spend as much as they otherwise would to trigger the reinsurance program.
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If you are a health wonk, you'll know these as the 3R's: risk adjustment, reinsurance, and risk corridors.
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Top insurance companies have gathered in Monaco to negotiate reinsurance prices and to strike underwriting deals, Reuters reports.
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The insurer said its reinsurance program will help keep costs within its A$820 million full-year provision.
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Reinsurance provides funding to help pay the cost of some especially sick enrollees, allowing insurers to lower premiums.
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The report shows that many companies recouped the money they lost with the help of ObamaCare's reinsurance payments.
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Also, Bloomberg would create a reinsurance program to help insurers with high-cost patients, reducing premiums more widely.
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Fitch expects Swiss Re's P&C reinsurance business to remain the core earnings generator for the foreseeable future.
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Reinsurance and changes to property underwriting limits are other measures that will help improve future results, they said.
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The ratings also reflect Fitch's negative sector outlooks on U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurance and global reinsurance.
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Federal reinsurance would radically transform the individual insurance market, while leaving private insurance and consumer choice in place.
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Efforts to improve commercial insurance results and reduce volatility are reflected in an 18% reduction in commercial lines written premiums in 2016 as well as recent reinsurance transactions that include a reduction in the retention for the company-wide property catastrophe reinsurance program to $1.5 billion from $3 billion previously.
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Commission income on reinsurance has made only a modest contribution to the insurer's underwriting result since at least 2010.
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JLT pointed to challenges including insurance and reinsurance rating pressure, slowing economic growth and weak energy and commodity prices.
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Specialist insurer Beazley said it had received approval to convert its Dublin-based reinsurance company into an insurance company.
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China Reinsurance will fund the deal with $865 million in cash and $85 million in dividends from the unit.
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Reinsurance would help to offset losses, keeping premiums lower and giving insurers a reason to stay in the market.
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Munich Re finance chief Joerg Schneider said he expected reinsurance rates to rise, especially in areas hit by disasters.
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State reinsurance programs, which the administration has been actively supportive of, have also played a roll in premium stabilization.
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YDPIC depends on reinsurance to strengthen its underwriting capacity and mitigate underwriting volatility due to its moderate capital buffer.
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The bureau cast the reinsurance payments as improper kickbacks and imposed a $109 million penalty against PHH in June.
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However in terms of the total reinsurance industry's GWP, Marein's share is small at 103% as of end-2016.
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To ensure the risk they bore was reasonable, the ACA created "three R's": risk corridors, reinsurance, and risk adjustment.
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Enstar's consolidated GAAP reinsurance balances recoverables on unpaid losses and loss expenses totaled $1.3 billion at June 30, 0003.
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Swiss Reinsurance is putting the risk of a hard landing in the world's second-largest economy at 20 percent.
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The bill sets aside 1% of reinsurance funds for states where premiums are 75% higher than the national average.
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Fitch has also affirmed the 'A+' Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings of Allied World's property/casualty and reinsurance subsidiaries.
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Reinsurance is important, since many ACA plans have a small number of beneficiaries and therefore have unpredictable medical costs.
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Insurers are calling for an extension of ObamaCare's "reinsurance" program, which redirects money to insurers with high-cost enrollees.
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Under the program, the federal government provides reinsurance for certified acts of terrorism that meet the specified loss thresholds.
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Regulatory developments remain a prevalent theme in Asia's reinsurance landscape, as regulators continue to enhance and improve their regimes.
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Authorization for funding to help states launch reinsurance programs, which would defray the costs of covering the sickest consumers.
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While there is no guarantee of a return, funds that invest in reinsurance are uncorrelated to the stock market.
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Meanwhile, UK insurers are shipping out longevity risk to firms offshore via reinsurance contracts to minimise risk margin capital.
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Insurers are buying reinsurance from companies such as Renaissance Re, Validus Re and XL Catlin to hedge the risk.
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The second transaction, with Capco Reinsurance Co, allegedly hid a $210 million underwriting loss in an auto-warranty program.
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And they want Congress to provide federal funding for a reinsurance program, which would shield insurers from costly patients.
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Swiss Re, a reinsurance firm, says the insurance industry shouldered about 60 percent of that burden, or $15.5 billion.
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Senator Susan Collins has proposed a new reinsurance fund, but that is not enough to offset all the damage.
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In reinsurance, bigger players are seen able to command the highest prices, which is also driving M&A growth.
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Recent GOP plans to repeal and replace the ACA have included federal funding that could be used for reinsurance.
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Cruise lines and reinsurance companies based outside the U.S. could also see changes in the way they are taxed.
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Fitch believes SIAT's high use of reinsurance is commensurate with the risks the company assumes and stabilises financial results.
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Reinsurance and catastrophic bond concepts, coupled with pre-disaster mitigation dollars, will ultimately reduce disaster costs in the future.
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The reinsurance division of Willis Towers Watson Plc , named Printhan Sothinathan as managing director for its specialty analytics unit.
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Many companies recouped some of the money lost from ObamaCare plans with the help of the law's reinsurance payments.
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Shares of insurance and reinsurance companies fell Tuesday after estimates of damage from Hurricane Maria to Puerto Rico rose.
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Ratings agencies say that insurance losses from natural disasters, like Hurrcane Dorian, will increase reinsurance renewal rates in January.
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The 210 purchase of General Reinsurance (Gen Re) was initially not the best move for Warren Buffett's investment strategy.
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In Washington state, lawmakers were unsuccessful in their attempts to create a reinsurance program, said Mr. Kreidler, the regulator.
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Mr. Jain, the longtime head of Berkshire's vast reinsurance operations, will serve as vice chairman of Berkshire's insurance operations.
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That percentage, according to Berkshire, is far below the 21 to 22012 percent losses suffered by some reinsurance companies.
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N), the Bermuda-based reinsurance arm of hedge fund Third Point, finished 0.6 percent weaker while Greenlight Re (GLRE.
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So-called reinsurance funds were part of Obamacare in its first three years, but they have been phased out.
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Both reinsurance and cat bonds are reliable transactions that have helped the NFIP become more financially sound, he added.
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The bill would defer the insurance companies' premiums paid to the foreign reinsurance affiliate until the insured transaction occurs.
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Further, these reinsurance payments were at least 2202 percent more per enrollee than insurers had expected when setting premiums.
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Collins said that President Trump had agreed to support the reinsurance funding, as well as another bill from Sens.
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The group said it was reducing underwriting where it identified risks and changing its reinsurance approach for the unit.
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Reinsurance and property and casualty premiums rose sharply, helping offset the flagging performance of the SH1 and annuity units.
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Life and health (L&H) reinsurance performance continues to strengthen, with FY15 operating margin improving to 9.9% (FY14: 15493%).
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The company captured a leading market share, as measured by total domestic reinsurance gross premiums, of 37% in 2015.
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Its five-year average market share was the second-highest among domestic reinsurance companies, at 28.8% at end-103.
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Reinsurance can help lower premiums across the board by covering part of the costs of the most expensive patients.
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Catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, rose 2906 percent to $488 million in the second quarter, Travelers said on Thursday.
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As a result of the reinsurance program, CareFirst will now lower premiums by 17 percent compared to last year.
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Collins said that President Trump had agreed to support the reinsurance funding, as well as another bill from Sens.
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"The larger impact might be on the reinsurance business," said Jaeme Gloyn, an analyst at the National Bank Financial.
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House GOP aides and lobbyists say that top House Republicans are interested in funding what is known as reinsurance.
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But officials said more talks were likely on other functions, including bridge loans or reinsurance for national unemployment plans.
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Other notable cancellations included Reassure -- the UK arm of reinsurance group Swiss Re -- and Italian luxury yacht maker Ferretti.
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This survival ratio has been adjusted by Fitch to normalize paid losses for large individual settlements and reinsurance transactions.
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The other would fund "reinsurance," government funding to help pay the costs of sick enrollees and bring down premiums.
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The Affordable Care Act provided the funding for three years, but many people think reinsurance needs to be permanent.
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So far, states have really only used the 1332s to set up reinsurance programs and stabilize their ACA markets.
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SCOR's P&C reinsurance business has steadily grown into a well-diversified portfolio, both geographically and by line of business.
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It creates a national reinsurance program to offset high medical bills for insurers and thereby keep premium increases in check.
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Increasingly, however, the reinsurance industry is applying the model to risks once deemed uninsurable, aided by advances in data science.
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"This is a significant milestone for us," Swiss Re's head of reinsurance in Asia, Jayne Plunkett, said in a statement.
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However, a large chunk of business at Lloyd's, including some types of reinsurance, cannot be carried out on the platform.
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The ratings also reflect potentially increased earnings volatility from recent newer ventures particularly the crop insurance and property treaty reinsurance.
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The company estimates that damages, after reinsurance, could amount to $41 million before taxes, a reasonable level in Fitch's view.
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The company's insurance customers also have to bear losses of up to $40 million before their reinsurance policies kick in.
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FULL LIST OF RATING ACTIONS Fitch has affirmed the following ratings with a Stable Outlook: Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
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The Republican solution to these problems that they have created was $30 billion in reinsurance funding, proposed by Alexander, Sen.
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"We foresee a cautious return, given U.S. domestic sanctions may well still limit reinsurance," said Intertanko's general counsel, Michele White.
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The proposal hasn't been finalized or submitted yet; in the interim, Oklahoma has submitted a narrower plan focused on reinsurance.
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ANZ said the proceeds were a component of the OnePath insurance business sale transactions in the form of reinsurance commission.
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In the end, however, global property reinsurance prices rose less than expected, with strong competition limiting increases to single figures.
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Managing around $27 trillion-worth of assets globally, and with long-dated liabilities, the reinsurance industry is a natural fit.
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In addition to the "state innovation grants" in the earlier version of the bill, this draft creates a reinsurance fund.
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The individual mandate is about to disappear; Congress still has to make a decision about cost-sharing payments and reinsurance.
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We expect that SI Re will maintain its premium level despite the continuing soft-market phase in the reinsurance market.
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The reinsurance business is run by Ajit Jain, widely considered a potential successor for Buffett, 86, as Berkshire's chief executive.
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Fitch expects RNR to maintain its historically strong underwriting discipline and leading competitive market position in the consolidating reinsurance sector.
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Several Republicans have introduced a bill targeting the reinsurance program, which they say has been propped up with taxpayer money.
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This is in contrast with the challenging operating environment where reinsurance prices are now falling for a fourth consecutive year.
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We view this as highlighting a wider deterioration in market conditions, driven by lower reinsurance prices feeding through to results.
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Reinsurance isn't structural; it's truly just giving insurance companies money so that they won't go collect that money through premiums.
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In simple terms, reinsurance allows the risk to be spread out among insurers rather than borne by just one company.
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Fitch understands Japanese non-life insurers underwrite commercial earthquake risks in a prudent manner with effective reinsurance schemes in place.
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Kenya Re, as the company is known, provides reinsurance services to insurance companies in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
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Susan Collins and Bill Nelson, would essentially expedite the waiver process already in place to create a state reinsurance program.
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"Investment will remain an integral part of the value chain in primary insurance and reinsurance in the future," Wenning wrote.
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JLT said in a statement that the trading environment had been challenging, with "sustained softness" in insurance and reinsurance prices.
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In Maryland, rates are now expected to drop by 30%, after the state received a waiver for a reinsurance program.
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Dubai Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance jumped 14.0 percent to 53 dirhams on Thursday in its heaviest trade since early 2014.
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Republican sources say there is less momentum in the House for funding CSRs than there is for the reinsurance measure.
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The policy came as UK insurance lobby London Market Group said on Monday that Britain should seek equivalence for reinsurance.
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Christian Bieri, EMEA reinsurance head at MS Amlin, said Amlin's purchase by Mitsui Sumitomo put it in a higher league.
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Freedom Partners, the Chamber of Commerce and Senator Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) will hold a briefing on ObamaCare reinsurance payments.
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After several years of intense merger and acquisition activity in the global reinsurance sector, the pace of deals has slowed.
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Yet a reinsurance provision in the design of Part D is gradually eliminating incentives to control the program's drug costs.
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In its announcement on Thursday, AIG said it had recently formed a Bermuda-based legal entity named DSA Reinsurance Company.
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Many witnesses also said they could use federal funds to help shield insurers from high-cost patients in reinsurance programs.
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According to Aon Securities, ILS capacity was $88.8 billion at June 30, 2017, representing 15% of the global reinsurance market.
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Under the reinsurance program, the government was supposed to collect $12 billion in 2014, but actual collections totaled $9.7 billion.
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Along with a third program known as reinsurance, they make up the "three Rs" under the ACA's premium stabilization provisions.
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In July, the Trump administration approved a reinsurance program proposed by Alaska, where health care and coverage are particularly expensive.
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The Hartford entered a reinsurance pact with Berkshire Hathaway Inc's National Indemnity Company in 2016 for asbestos and environmental claims.
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Alaska and Minnesota have received waivers for reinsurance, which helps pay very costly claims without increasing premiums for everyone else.
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They amended their requests to reflect the impact of a state reinsurance program approved in August by the Trump administration.
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Reinsurance allows companies to transfer some of their exposure to other, well-capitalized companies, adding capacity but reducing their profits.
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Industry experts think the losses from this year's storms could put an end to the buyer's market for reinsurance, however.
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It added that for its U.S. catastrophe-exposed reinsurance business, it expects double-digit increases in rates during January renewals.
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Reinsurance is government funding that helps pay for the cost of sick enrollees, with the intention of bringing down premiums.
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MSI and Fairfax will also explore a broad global partnership in various areas, including reinsurance relationships, both companies said separately.
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The groom's mother is a divisional vice president in the reinsurance department for the Great American Insurance Company in Cincinnati.
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Executives worked with regulators on a "corrective action plan," which included fresh capital, reinsurance and a series of rate increases.
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But as the risks from climate change have grown, reinsurance companies have raised the cost of the protection they offer.
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He said there should be a reinsurance pool so that health plans don't have an incentive to avoid costly patients.
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Reinsurance is one of three programs under ObamaCare intended to help shield insurers from higher costs in the new marketplace.
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The Republican solution to these problems that they have created is $30 billion in reinsurance funding, proposed by Alexander, Sen.
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Strong capitalization of the insurance and reinsurance sector will help mitigate the impact of Irma, S&P Global Ratings said.
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Those savings could then be used to pay for additional ObamaCare stability funding, known as reinsurance, to bring down premiums.
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One meritorious idea would be allowing states to create reinsurance pools that would cushion insurers against losses, thus lowering premiums.
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Gross claims rose 63% to LKR5.5bn (1H15: LKR3.4bn), but net claims rose by only 173% due to recoveries from reinsurance.
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GE stopped writing long-term-care insurance contracts in 2006, but has said it provides reinsurance on about 300,000 policies.
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What Bullock said: Governors all agree the following things need to be done to stabilize the market: Insurer's cost-sharing subsidies need to be paid Some kind of temporary stability fund (like reinsurance) should be implemented A mix of healthy and unhealthy people need to participate in the market States want to be able to innovate while also maintaining consumer protections Reinsurance: One ongoing point of debate: Whether the federal government should fund some sort of reinsurance program, which would help insurers cover the costs of their most expensive customers.
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Fitch expects P&C reinsurance earnings metrics will remain commensurate with a 'AA' rating in the next 12 to 18 months.
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Some 2,500 insurance executives are gathered in Monaco for an annual conclave to haggle over reinsurance prices and strike underwriting deals.
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This is driving insurers to reinsure longevity risk, as the resulting counterparty risk charges for the reinsurance are low in comparison.
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"Prices for reinsurance coverage have continued to rise following the high losses in previous years," said Chief Financial Officer Christoph Jurecka.
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"The price environment for property and casualty reinsurance continued to be challenging, with continued price erosion in property," Swiss Re said.
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The CEA struck two reinsurance agreements with Ursa Re to get protection against damage to residential homes from earthquakes in California.
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Higher reinsurance spending is driven by the number of enrollees who reach the catastrophic phase, and the costs they each incur.
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Homeowners Choice purchases insurance called reinsurance from other insurance companies and institutions to cover losses associated with hurricanes and other catastrophes.
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The reinsurance segment, of which the P&C business is the largest within the group, is strengthened by an excellent franchise.
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The other big offshore insurance centre, Bermuda, specialises in property-and-casualty insurance and reinsurance, mainly for hurricane risk in America.
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NITF, as a state-owned entity, must go through a state procurement committee to obtain reinsurance, which can be time consuming.
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But in time retained earnings, reinsurance and debt could enable it to retain more risk, as more mature insurance firms do.
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The idea, modeled after a program in Maine, appears similar to the "reinsurance" aspect of ObamaCare for its first three years.
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Exposure growth benefits are partially offset by some weakening primary insurance market pricing and significant rate softening in many reinsurance lines.
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Ascot Group said it launched Ascot Reinsurance Co Ltd (Ascot Re) and appointed John Berger as its chief executive, effective January.
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The current stressful reinsurance market conditions are promoting weaker pricing and more generous terms and conditions, particularly for property catastrophe risk.
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Likewise, catastrophe reinsurance business declined to 31823% of total GPW in 2015, down from 60% in 2014 and 70% in 2013.
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A reinsurance program that would help insurers pay for high-cost enrollees, blunting the impact of these enrollees on overall premiums.
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Insureds can try to negotiate better terms and conditions, but exclusions have a funny way of creeping upstream into reinsurance contracts.
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Lancashire's role in the market also means it only tends to be exposed to reinsurance losses above a large-size threshold.
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Growth of alternative reinsurance has slowed in 2212, with reduced catastrophe bond issuance and limited new formation of hedge fund reinsurers.
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Fitch expects this lower trend to continue along with manageable protection from reinsurance coverage and expected growth in non-life premiums.
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Hurricane Florence caused devastating flooding to the Carolinas, with overall losses of $14 billion, according to Munich Re, a reinsurance firm.
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In St. Martin and St. Barthelemy, the French reinsurance body CCR has estimated a 1.2 billion Euro loss ($1.44 billion USD).
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Yet insurance and reinsurance companies overwhelmingly continue to treat storms as "anomalous rather than correlated to climate change," the study said.
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In the end, however, global property reinsurance prices rose less than expected, with strong competition limiting increases to single-digit percentages.
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AIG estimated it has exhausted about $700 million of the $750 million retention under its North American aggregate catastrophe reinsurance program.
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In the new COO role, Terryn will focus on operations and technology as well as underwriting, claims, reinsurance, actuarial and pricing.
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The rating would be downgraded if RNRC's strategic role in the Russian reinsurance market or its ownership structure were to change.
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Seven states have already used waivers to set up reinsurance programs, which prompted insurers to lower their rates for Obamacare policies.
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Ratings agency Fitch said this week that weak profitability would lead to a fresh M&A wave in reinsurance next year.
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However, the quality of capital is adversely impacted by a reinsurance arrangement with a captive insurer, which augments its RBC ratio.
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From 85033 to 2016, the ACA included a temporary reinsurance program funded through a tax on individual and employer health plans.
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We expect pricing to continue to decline in 2018 as growth in alternative forms of reinsurance intensifies the competition for business.
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It was followed by Dar Al Takaful, up 2.1 percent, and Dubai Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance Co, which gained 2 percent.
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The additional funds to cover high-cost consumers -- called a reinsurance fund -- would be more effective at reducing prices for 2019.
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Eighty-eight insurance companies and 216 reinsurance firms have a presence in Luxembourg, according to financial development agency Luxembourg for Finance.
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Endurance provides property and casualty insurance in the United States, as well as reinsurance and specialized coverage in areas like agriculture.
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker received federal approval Sunday to enact a reinsurance program, which should lower individual market premiums next year.
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Several states are turning to reinsurance as a way to stabilize their Obamacare markets by curbing -- or even reversing -- premium hikes.
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However, it said that its marine, property and reinsurance businesses continued to be impacted by "higher than normal levels" of claims.
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However, with the lone exception of China, every other country that uses a VAT excludes insurance and reinsurance from the tax.
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Minnesota is following in the footsteps of Alaska, which had its reinsurance plan approved by Health and Human Services last month.
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Jeworrek and other insurance executives gathered in Monaco for an annual conference to haggle over reinsurance prices and strike underwriting deals.
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Currently, UBS analysts estimate that the reinsurance industry has excess capital, but this could be whittled down by natural catastrophe losses.
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The state has charged that A.I.G. entered into a sham reinsurance deal with a supposedly independent reinsurer that it actually controlled.
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But after arranging the Gen Re reinsurance, A.I.G. highlighted its rising reserve levels in the next two announcements, Mr. Nachman said.
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But S2033 has already contributed to a marked increase in longevity reinsurance, particularly among UK life insurers with bulk annuity business.
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In Minnesota, which created a reinsurance program to help pay for customers' expensive medical conditions, carriers are actually seeking lower premiums.
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Additionally, insurance company plans exhibiting less of an effort to manage the use of high-cost drugs had higher reinsurance costs.
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This effect would be possible if states used the money to fund "reinsurance" that subsidizes insurers for their high-cost enrollees.
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FRANKFURT, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Munich Re expects reinsurance rates to rise further across the industry, a board member said on Sunday.
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It would also be used to create a "reinsurance" program, like Alaska's and Minnesota's, to help insurers cover their sickest customers.
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I would like more reinsurance for the insurance companies that are there who choose to offer insurance to low-income people.
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Insurance executives have not given definitive answers, citing uncertainty about how litigation will play out or what role reinsurance might play.
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These programs are known as reinsurance — insurance for insurers — and officials in Alaska and Minnesota say they have been highly effective.
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Citizens builds reserves, buys reinsurance and issues catastrophe bonds to sophisticated investors, just as the private insurers do, Mr. Peltier said.
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Mr. Berman, 29, is a senior vice president of strategic advisory for Guy Carpenter & Company, a reinsurance company in New York.
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Because of Harvey and Irma, she anticipates reinsurance rates rising, prompting insurance companies to pass along those costs to ordinary Americans.
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The insurer said it booked 131 million euros relating to protests in Chile and storms in Japan on its reinsurance business.
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Her mother was until 1998 a second vice president in global cash management and banking at General Reinsurance in Stamford, Conn.
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In Brussels and other capitals this is obviously under way; even Berlin is now proposing a common European unemployment reinsurance scheme.
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That measure provides funding known as reinsurance to help pay for the claims of especially sick people and bring down premiums.
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Additionally, Fitch has affirmed the Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings of ACGL's various primary insurance and reinsurance subsidiaries at 'A+' (Strong).
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ACGL has a strong business profile with a broad product portfolio of P/C insurance, reinsurance and mortgage (re)insurance business.
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Under the original Palmer amendment, insurers marketing medical insurance in the individual market would pay a reinsurance premium established by HHS.
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With the exception of First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company (FAFLIC), the operating entities write new retail and block reinsurance business.
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The Financial Institutions Association, Turkey's Capital Markets Association and the Insurance and Reinsurance Union will each hold 6% of the company.
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Avalere finds those two proposals, with $22019 billion per year in reinsurance funding, would reduce premiums by 18 percent in 2019.
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Democrats said such "reinsurance" programs would lower premiums, as shown by the experience of Minnesota, Alaska, Maryland and several other states.
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Buffett may discuss how stiff competition and recent steep hurricane losses may affect pricing for insurance and reinsurance, which Jain oversees.
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RATING SENSITIVITIES Key rating triggers that could lead to an affirmation of all ratings include: --Completion of the audit of Level 3 assets associated with the Beechwood reinsurance agreement with no material additional writedowns; --Successful completion of recapture of the closed-block long-term care business associated with the Beechwood reinsurance agreement; --No material deterioration in other credit metrics.
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"It (Maria) is a major insured loss that is likely a pretty major negative surprise to the industry," said Ed Hochberg, North America head of reinsurance broker JLT Re. Insurers pay reinsurance companies to take on a portion of their risks or to cover their losses once they reach a certain level, effectively shielding them from spikes in claims.
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"It (Maria) is a major insured loss that is likely a pretty major negative surprise to the industry," said Ed Hochberg, North America head of reinsurance broker JLT Re. Insurers pay reinsurance companies to take on a portion of their risks or to cover their losses once they reach a certain level, effectively shielding them from spikes in claims.
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Its parent Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Co has $118 million of surplus capital, plus reinsurance support from Berkshire's National Indemnity Co unit.
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Losses stemming from a severe tropical storm in May 2016 were largely manageable as a result of sound reinsurance arrangements in place.
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The deal covers about half of the life reinsurance business that Transamerica retained after an earlier stake sale to Scor in 2011.
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London's share of global reinsurance premiums fell to 12.3 percent in 2015, from 20153 percent in 2013, and 15 percent in 2010.
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General Growth Properties, Leggett & Platt, Principal Financial, Reinsurance Group of America and UDR are all due to report after the market close.
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The rating could also be downgraded if RNRC's strategic role in the Russian reinsurance market or its ownership structure were to change.
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CFO Schneider said last year's disasters had helped raise reinsurance prices in some regions by double-digit percentages, or even double them.
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Swiss Re aims to increase economic net worth per share by an average of 10 percent per year over the reinsurance cycle.
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For much of the 15 years since the term retroactive reinsurance came into use, Berkshire, through NICO, has been at the forefront.
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It has passed its own individual mandate; banned short-term plans; and gotten federal approval for a reinsurance program to reduce premiums.
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Marein's non-life reinsurance market share by gross written premium (GWP) increased to 5% at end-2016 from 4% a year earlier.
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A report last year showed the London insurance and reinsurance markets were losing out to other centers such as Bermuda and Singapore.
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The world's second-largest reinsurance company also posted a loss in its commercial insurance arm, which is in the process of restructuring.
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"This will substantially address the potential shortfall in reinsurance recoveries in the event of Iranian-related claims," Bardot said in an email.
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AXIS Specialty Limited (Bermuda) AXIS Reinsurance Company AXIS Insurance Company AXIS Surplus Insurance Company AXIS Specialty Insurance Company --IFS ratings at 'A+'.
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Second, Congress should extend the reinsurance program — perhaps on a state-by-state basis — until all exchanges achieve more stable risk pools.
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Non-life run-off reserves grew 23% in the first half of 2016 driven by Enstar's reinsurance agreement with Allianz effective Jan.
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Christoph Nabholz, from Swiss Re, a reinsurance giant, is most excited about tests that spot early signs of cancer or cardiovascular disease.
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The reinsurance firm Swiss Re released a report estimating that damage from a similar-sized storm could cost up to $33 billion.
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The company's underwriting ratios improved in its two largest segments, North American Insurance and Reinsurance, in the first six months of 2016.
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NITF's reinsurance portfolio is protected via retrocession cover, which has helped contain losses from the record-high flood-related primary insurer claims.
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American International Group reported a smaller quarterly loss on Thursday as reinsurance pacts helped offset catastrophe losses in Japan and North America.
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Total company 2015 net premiums written ($3.8 billion) segment split was 54% insurance, 27% reinsurance, 7% mortgage and 12% other (Watford Re).
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And it also includes enforcing the individual mandate, helping with reinsurance to subsidize the cost of the chronically ill, and continuing HealthCare.
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What's happening: Reinsurance programs — in which the government pays insurers to offset the costs of their most expensive patients — came up repeatedly.
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For every dollar the government spends on reinsurance, it gets about 60 cents back through lower premiums and thus lower premium subsidies.
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These operate largely like traditional mutual funds but invest in less-liquid asset classes, such as reinsurance or various real estate opportunities.
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That's likely to mean funding insurer cost-sharing subsidies, extending reinsurance and adding whatever flexibility measures Republicans can negotiate into the deal.
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Clarification: This story has been updated to note that Collins is now pursuing more reinsurance funding than her bill initially provided for.
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More than 90 syndicates operate under the auspices of Lloyd's, offering specialist insurance and reinsurance such as marine, energy and political risk.
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The reinsurance would apply to expenses of all reasonable and necessary services regardless of the specific coverage option chosen by the consumer.
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The broker and risk management company said Raj Gulati joined its reinsurance unit, Integro Re, as senior vice president in New York.
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The two bills would fund key ObamaCare insurer payments, and provide billions to help states create reinsurance programs for high-cost patients.
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Reinsurance rates rose by just under 5 percent last year compared to industry expectations of a rise by up to 20 percent.
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Reinsurance options are also scarce, with some firms forced to reinsure through conventional lines, a practice allowed under the concept of necessity.
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New Jersey's waiver for a reinsurance program is expected to lower premiums by up to 15 percent in 85033, the state said.
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Britain and the United States signed an agreement on insurance and reinsurance last year, to make cross-border business easier after Brexit.
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Democrats wanted three years of CSR payments, and Collins pushed for reinsurance funding to mitigate the effects of repealing ObamaCare's individual mandate.
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TPRe kept its regulatory solvency margin ratio at 394% at end-0003, although its life reinsurance portfolio expanded by 24% in 2016.
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"At best, we can reckon with a stabilisation of reinsurance prices at a low level this year, if at all," he added.
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However, this approach introduces additional counterparty credit risk, as the main reinsurance provider is the Italian government, and intensifies significant concentration risk.
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Congress should amend the ACA to extend its reinsurance and risk corridor programs, both of which expired at the end of 2016.
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Greater loss reserve stability was fostered by the company's sale of run-off business segments and higher reinsurance utilization on current business.
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Collins is also asking for a reinsurance program, which she says could be tucked into an end of the year spending bill.
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Oscar recently signed a reinsurance deal with Berkshire Hathaway — a smart decision for a company looking to take on significantly more risk.
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By passing the Taxpayers Before Insurers Act, Congress can recover the $5 billion illegally distributed to insurers through the transitional reinsurance program.
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Stronger reinsurance designs that enable insurers to spread costs of new treatments over a longer, more reasonable period of time are needed.
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Prime Reinsurance Co is a Citigroup unit created six years ago when the bank spun off its life insurance business, Primerica Inc.
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"My fear is at the end of this trial I will know more about reinsurance than I ever wanted," the judge quipped.
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The government's reinsurance program, put in place to help cover costs during the first few uncertain years of Obamacare, has recently expired.
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The details: Reinsurance is pretty straightforward: The government simply gives insurers money to help offset the costs of their most expensive patients.
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These include: Iowa is also proposing a reinsurance program that would shore up insurance plans that end up with especially sick patients.
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Jain, a native of India who joined Berkshire in 1986, runs the reinsurance operations, providing coverage against major catastrophes and unusual risks.
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Experts say such reinsurance programs can encourage insurers to sell policies in rural and high-cost areas and help drive down premiums.
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A major reason that premiums have stabilized, she said, is the reinsurance programs that the Trump administration has approved in 12 states.
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Pre-tax catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, rose more than 50 percent to $333 million in the three months to June 30.
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The German reinsurance group is the latest to adopt a greener investment policy as the industry comes under pressure from environmental groups.
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The hedge fund owns 5.6 percent of $2.4 billion Argo, which specializes in insurance and reinsurance products in property and casualty insurance.
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The company's underwriting ratios improved in its two largest segments, North American Insurance and Reinsurance, in the first nine months of 2016.
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Collins said the short-term spending bill was the "likely" vehicle for funding for ObamaCare's cost-sharing reduction payments and "reinsurance" programs.
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Higher claims experience on primary insurance will be reflected in higher reinsurance costs, which will increase upward pressure on motor insurance prices.
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CUPI consistently relies on excess-of-loss reinsurance treaties to alleviate its catastrophe exposure, given its current business composition and capital position.
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In Maryland, which recently received federal approval for a reinsurance program, rates will now drop by 13%, instead of rising by 30%.
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Alaska also will receive pass-through funding to help offset a portion of the state's costs for the state-operated reinsurance program.
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The next reinsurance deal would cover policies under the National Mutual Life Association business it acquired from AXA in 2011, he said.
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Life and health (L&H) reinsurance performance continues to deliver strong results, with a 9M16 net operating margin of 11% (9M15: 13.7%).
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As a result the federal reinsurance program to fix this market must also be a federal program to implement this national policy.
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In addition to the CSR payments, a measure would likely include separate payments known as reinsurance aimed at bringing down premiums. Sen.
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Delaware led all states with a 20 percent decrease in its average premium, in part because the state implemented a reinsurance program.
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However, experts have said reinsurance would need at least $10 billion per year to effectively mitigate the effects of repealing the mandate.
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In Maryland, which recently instituted such a reinsurance program, rates for 220 will now drop by 229%, instead of rising by 210%.
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Insured losses from natural catastrophes totaled more than $200 billion in the past two years, leading to a rise in reinsurance premiums.
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Meanwhile, currency fluctuations helped Berkshire's namesake reinsurance business swing to a $184 million pre-tax gain from a year-earlier $4 million loss.
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General Re and Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance accounted for more than two-thirds of Berkshire's roughly $88 billion of float as of March 31.
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It shines a spotlight on a lesser-known part of Berkshire's insurance operations, which also include Geico car insurance and General Re reinsurance.
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In recent years third-party capital providers such as pension and sovereign-wealth funds have sought to deploy vast sums in reinsurance markets.
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Insurer Marsh & McLennan was down 463 percent on news that it will buy British insurance and reinsurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson $5.7 billion.
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Reinsurance of Russian sanctioned business is one of the areas RNRC works in under the law based on which the company was established.
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Reinsurance essentially backstops insurers' losses; it guarantees they won't be on the hook for the bills of a handful of exceptionally sick patients.
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Catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, fell 25% to $367 million but was better compared with a year earlier when it was $488 million.
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New investors are looking to compete for reinsurance business, including through so-called catastrophe bonds, amid low returns in more traditional investment markets.
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Favorably, Enstar includes a conservative allowance for uncollectible reinsurance recoverable of $197 million (13% of total gross recoverables balance) at June 30, 2016.
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The company uses reinsurance protection in the form of proportional and excess of loss treaties to mitigate its business exposure to catastrophe risks.
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"AXA targets growth in health, protection and commercial lines, P&C (property & casualty) markets preferably in Asia rather than U.S. reinsurance," UBS said.
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This wouldn't be unprecedented: The Affordable Care Act included a reinsurance program that was meant to stabilize the market in its early years.
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The state wants to: Some of the changes — particularly reinsurance — could have stabilizing effects, Larry Levitt at the Kaiser Family Foundation told me.
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Catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, fell 27.83% to $367 million but was better compared with a year earlier when it was $488 million.
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Reinsurance group Munich Re's ERGO fund, LG Technology Ventures, BNP Paribas, Sony Innovation Fund, Ally Ventures and Khosla Ventures joined this extended round.
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"There is a reasonable margin to be made in this area of insurance," Stephen Roberts, chairman of the Insurance & Reinsurance Legacy Association, said.
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"There is a reasonable margin to be made in this area of insurance," Stephen Roberts, chairman of the Insurance & Reinsurance Legacy Association, said.
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Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray; and her own bill to set up a new reinsurance program, compensating insurers for their most expensive customers.
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A surge in reinsurance and dental insurance premium underwriting offset declining life and property and auto insurance sales last quarter, the statement said.
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In our view, this increases the sensitivity of future underwriting profitability, and reinsurance pricing, to even a modest rise in major loss claims.
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Reinsurance company Munich Re called November's Camp Fire the world's most expensive natural disaster of 213 and pegged overall losses at $16.5 billion.
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Wilson's firm uses, for example, a reinsurance fund through Stone Ridge Asset Management, which generally offers such funds only to registered investment advisors.
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A reinsurance program would help insurers cover the costs of expensive enrollees, rather than passing those costs onto all enrollees through higher premiums.
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"With our innovative new reinsurance program, the health insurance market in Maryland will finally have the chance to be competitive and dynamic," Gov.
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Catastrophe reinsurance business declined to 47% of total GPW in the first half of 2016 from 59% in the comparable prior year period.
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Additionally, seven states have already received waivers to establish their own reinsurance programs in an effort to control premiums for health care consumers.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS Fitch is withdrawing the rating as Thai Reinsurance Public Company Limited has chosen to stop participating in the rating process.
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Along with some 1003,500 insurance executives, he is in Monaco for an annual conclave to haggle over reinsurance prices and strike underwriting deals.
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Last year was the second-costliest year on record worldwide for natural-disaster insured losses, reinsurance broker Aon Benfield said earlier this year.
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Reinsurance lessens the exposure of insurance companies to high cost patients, and risk corridors minimize insurance losses in what are still immature markets.
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Those include "reinsurance," the idea that government funds would help bring premiums down by paying the cost of particularly sick and expensive enrollees.
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Hiscox said it had two main areas of exposure to the hurricane - reinsurance and insurance lines, including flood cover for homeowners and businesses.
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The insurance policy itself was developed in cooperation with General Reinsurance AG (a Berkshire Hathaway Company) and the German insurer Gothaer Allgemeine Versicherung.
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The group also wants to create a national reinsurance program to reduce premiums by helping insurance companies pay claims for high-cost patients.
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Malaysian Re maintained its pole market position in Malaysia with a market share of more than 267% by reinsurance accepted premiums in 296.
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There is also a question if losses are so large that they prompt an improvement in reinsurance pricing, which could help mitigate losses.
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"Reinsurance will benefit unsubsidized enrollees by reducing sticker premiums, but not subsidized enrollees because their tax credits will fall ... when sticker premiums decline."
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The second transaction, with Capco Reinsurance Co, converted a $210 million underwriting loss from a failed automotive warranty program into an investment loss.
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The reinsurance fund was temporary, designed to last three years and pick up the tab for any enrollee that cost more than $60,000.
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Munich Re also said it was lowering its forecast for its life and health reinsurance business from 450 million euros to 400 million.
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German reinsurance juggernaut Hannover Re, is giving the founding team at Ladder tips on how it has structured its own claims, Kohler says.
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Companies providing Mahan aircraft with insurance and reinsurance services should be next in Treasury's line of fire, as well as jet fuel suppliers.
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CUPI continues to rely on reinsurance to support its underwriting capacity and alleviate its catastrophe exposure, given its business focus and capital base.
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Alaska and Minnesota have passed laws to establish such reinsurance programs, which they say are lowering premiums below what they would otherwise be.
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By comparison, reinsurance prices are set by private companies that need to turn a profit and tend to raise rates after major disasters.
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The plan also creates a $300 million dollar reinsurance program, which would compensate insurers for high-cost claims that contribute to higher premiums.
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Market participants, however, see a limited impact of the losses on the company's bottom line due to an elaborate web of reinsurance programmes.
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Market participants, however, see a limited impact of the losses on the company's bottom line due to an elaborate web of reinsurance programs.
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Mr. Tuck, 37, is a senior vice president for business development in the Washington office of Aon, the London insurance and reinsurance brokerage.
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Those cover prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms, insurance and reinsurance or over-the-counter derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories.
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The Mexican insurance sector is well prepared to deal with severity losses from earthquakes and hydro-meteorological events, given its catastrophe reinsurance protection.
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Rival Suncorp on Thursday said it was considering "strategic alternatives" for its life insurance division, including a reinsurance deal, sale or partnership arrangement.
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"I'm in favor of supplementing national systems for unemployment insurance with a reinsurance for the overall euro zone," Scholz said in the interview.
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Central costs, which include head office costs, treasury and reinsurance activities, rose by 11 million pounds in the year to 46 million pounds.
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This GPW split is expected to shift to approximately 50% insurance, 25% reinsurance and 25% mortgage in 2017 with the added UGC business.
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These benefits explain why half of insurers owned by U.S. companies ceded at least 60 percent of their reinsurance premiums to an affiliate.
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Mediterranean & Gulf Cooperative Insurance and Reinsurance fell a further five percent, having lost almost 10 percent on each of the previous two days.
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Their letter concerns ObamaCare's "reinsurance" program, designed to protect insurers against high costs for sicker enrollees in the early years of the law.
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HHS under the Trump and Obama administrations has also approved reinsurance programs that help insurers cover the cost of their most expensive customers.
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The news comes less than a month after Lloyd's of London's Iberia office launched a new terrorism reinsurance product for Spanish multinational companies.
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Before joining AIG, Zaffino accumulated a wealth of experience as CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies Incs reinsurance arm and its retail insurance brokerage.
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States could use this money to create reinsurance programs or high-risk pools to cover the costs of the sickest, most expensive customers.
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FULL LIST OF RATING ACTIONS Munich Reinsurance Company: IFS Rating: affirmed at 'AA'; Outlook Stable Long-Term IDR: affirmed at 'AA-'; Outlook Stable GBP300 million subordinated debt (XS0167260529): affirmed at 'A+' All other subordinated debt: affirmed at 'A' DKV Deutsche Krankenversicherung IFS Rating: affirmed at 'AA'; Outlook Stable ERGO Group AG Long-Term IDR: affirmed at 'AA-'; Outlook Stable Europaeische Reiseversicherung AG IFS Rating: affirmed at 'AA'; Outlook Stable Munich Reinsurance America Corporation Long-Term IDR: affirmed at 'AA-'; Outlook Stable Senior unsecured debt: affirmed at 'AA-' VORSORGE Lebensversicherung AG IFS Rating: affirmed at 'AA'; Outlook Stable Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.
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"What we've learned over the past 250, 20 years, since I've been involved in the reinsurance industry as a meteorologist, is that we as a nation do not build our structures to withstand most of the weather we see today, let alone what we might see in a future changing climate," says Mark Bove, senior research meteorologist for Munich Reinsurance America.
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Key rating triggers that could lead to an upgrade over the long term include continued favorable underwriting results relative to other property-focused reinsurers and comparably rated property/casualty (re)insurer peers, significant improvement in RNR's competitive position in profitable market segments outside of property catastrophe reinsurance, including its specialty reinsurance and Lloyd's business, and material risk-adjusted capital growth.
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These two lines demonstrated rather low loss ratios in 2015 but required intense reinsurance protection with 73% of gross written premiums ceded to reinsurers.
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In exchange for those referrals, insurers bought reinsurance, a sort of insurance for insurers, from PHH's subsidiaries, and PHH took those fees as kickbacks.
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However, he said such reinsurance policies would be scrutinised to ensure that they are not being used to get around the new capital rules.
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Kaine suggested he would propose his reinsurance package to fix the Obamacare exchanges, which would give insurers funding to pay for high-cost enrollees.
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In a regulatory filing, Lanxess said that Berkshire Hathaway's General Reinsurance subsidiary took a stake that reached just over 3 percent on May 19.
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Given the magnitude of the Ogden rate change in February, industry expectations were that the cost of excess of loss reinsurance could increase significantly.
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The U.S. will separately re-impose sanctions on the provision of insurance and reinsurance, which had been another challenge for Iran in the past.
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The Trump administration has approved requests by 2000 states to create reinsurance programs, which shield carriers from high-cost patients and help reduce premiums.
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By late afternoon, it was 130 miles (210 km) northeast of Bermuda, a British overseas territory that is a major insurance and reinsurance center.
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The company increased the protection limits of its non-marine catastrophe excess-of-loss reinsurance treaty in 2016 to manage its catastrophe risk exposure.
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The firm has rid itself of legacy insurance exposures through "retroactive reinsurance" deals, and pulled its investments out of certain types of hedge funds.
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General Re contributed $18.6 billion of float to Berkshire's overall $87.7 billion total as of year end, while Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance contributed $44.1 billion.
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Briarcliff Manor, New York-based Agera has been an investment of the Beechwood group of reinsurance companies, which have close historic links to Platinum.
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Among its businesses, Fairfax owns large insurance and reinsurance providers, including Federated Insurance, which actually sells insurance to heavy equipment owners via Dozr's platform.
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As Dan Dick of Aon Benfield, a reinsurance broker, points out, assessing a property's flood risk requires detailed and very localised data on topography.
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A relatively benign period of natural catastrophes in developed markets has also put pressure on the prices insurers are willing to pay for reinsurance.
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First, more states should emulate Alaska, Minnesota and Oregon, and start reinsurance programmes to pay the highest medical costs incurred on Obamacare's insurance exchanges.
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Enstar assumed $1.1 billion of net reinsurance reserves, with Allianz retaining $1.1 billion, and Enstar providing consulting services for the entire $0003 billion portfolio.
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Modest near-term insurance premium rate improvement is expected in some reinsurance and commercial insurance segments following a year of large natural catastrophe losses.
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The reinsurance program was funded with $10 billion in 2014, with funding ratcheting down to $5 billion in 2015 and $4 billion this year.
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Fitch expects Echo Re to continue to play a key role in DEVK's reinsurance operations outside Europe and to improve the group's geographical diversification.
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Allied World maintains a unique portfolio of business lines relative to its Bermuda peers and includes a mix of primary insurance and reinsurance business.
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Munich Re said on Wednesday it was on track to reach its profit target for 2017 despite low interest rates and falling reinsurance prices.
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" Verma said the CMS has provided guidance to help states obtain waivers to create high-risk pools or reinsurance programs to "incentivize carrier participation.
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It is inevitable for smaller insurers to increase their reliance on reinsurance to mitigate their claims from severe weather-related events such as flooding.
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"I see growing interest in some member states in specific issues related to the fiscal capacity, for example the unemployment reinsurance system," he said.
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Both reinsurance and risk corridors, which expire in 2017, are designed to help cushion insurers from heavy losses in the early years of ObamaCare.
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There's no rush on passing the Alexander-Murray marketplace stabilization bill or a reinsurance program, so this could still pass with no policy consequences.
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There was record issuance of catastrophe bonds in 1H17, driven by demand from capital market investors attracted to reinsurance risk to diversify their exposure.
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But negative rates in the euro zone have left the company thirsty for yield, which is vital in the world of insurance and reinsurance.
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Endurance, which has a market value of $6 billion, focuses on underwriting specialty lines of personal and commercial property and casualty insurance and reinsurance.
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Democrats had also been pushing for ACA enrollment funding after the administration slashed it, as well as funding to help states start reinsurance programs.
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The company will handle European large risks and reinsurance from Dublin, while its people in London will keep handling all the company's U.K. businesses.
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Self-insured employers, that are exempt from state insurance taxes and regulations, could continue to offer their current plans, but without the reinsurance benefit.
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"Without the mandate we think that the single most important thing that can help offset that loss is dedicated funding for reinsurance," Handelman said.
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The federal government has approved reinsurance waivers for seven states, resulting in lower premiums, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said on a call with reporters.
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Other states like Maryland, Colorado and Montana have implemented similar reinsurance programs this year and will also be seeing significant premium reductions for 2020.
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Among the hardest hit business areas were aviation reinsurance, where prices fell by as much as 10 percent, as well as marine and energy.
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Fitch regards SCOR as having the scale, diversity and financial strength to attract the highest quality business being placed into the global reinsurance market.
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" However, Swiss Re CEO Christian Mumenthaler said the world's second biggest reinsurer had no reinsurance acquisition plans, "because we already are a big player.
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States can also take some of the risk off the table for insurers to entice them to stay by funding their own reinsurance pools.
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Another $1 billion is supposed to be paid to the Treasury through the reinsurance program in 2016, and Republicans hope that payment is made.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS The rating reflects SIAT's moderate business profile in the Italian marine insurance market, its strong capital and its extensive reinsurance coverage.
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Prices during the July renewal round of its reinsurance business rose 0.9 percent, Munich Re said, and the premium volume was up 42 percent.
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The purpose of this temporary "reinsurance program" is to stabilize premiums and to encourage insurers to participate in markets under the health care law.
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One such idea is to engage the private reinsurance industry to explore new ways to create more budget stability at all levels of government.
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But those risk corridor payments, as well as from a similar program called reinsurance, have played a major role in controlling costs for insurers.
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The startup has raised more than $25 million and plans to use this funding for continued growth in the reinsurance (insurance for insurers) space.
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Kemp's plan would also ask the Trump administration to establish a "reinsurance" program to help insurance companies offset the claims of high-cost customers.
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The caucus of 2628 moderate Democrats in the House wants to revive ObamaCare stabilization talks, focusing on a national reinsurance plan and insurer subsidies.
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A new international agreement on insurance and reinsurance prudential measures is a win for the industry and for the U.S. system of insurance regulation.
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The company increased the protection limits of its non-marine catastrophe excess-of-loss reinsurance treaty in 2017 to manage its catastrophe risk exposure.
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FHCF serves as a vehicle to maintain stable underwriting capacity in Florida property markets and a key source of reinsurance coverage for Florida insurers.
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Fitch believes that most Florida homeowners' specialists reinsurance programs provide an ability to absorb losses from events up to approximately 13-in-100-years.
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Experts agree reinsurance would work, but they're reasonably complex programs that needs a lot of logistical support to actually stand up and start operating.
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If A.I.G. had not struck the reinsurance deals with Gen Re, Mr. Greenberg was asked, would its reserves have declined for three consecutive quarters?
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Under the proposal, states could use their share to help out insurers and subsidize the high cost of the chronically ill, known as reinsurance.
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Under the plan, states have a decision to make: They can choose to use the money for several purposes or for reinsurance by default.
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"If you have a backstop for high-cost individuals — a reinsurance package — it allows pricing to be done at a more normal level," Sen.
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To facilitate nationwide adoption of reinsurance or high-risk pools, some of those federal savings could be offered to states that establish such mechanisms.
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Without the reinsurance program, it would require rate increases of 3 percent to 5 percent, it said in filings with the Minnesota Commerce Department.
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If, for example, a person has $249.9,000 in claims next year, the reinsurance program would pay the insurer 80 percent of $10,000, or $8,000.
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It would also require the development of standard reinsurance waivers, which would allow states to use these waivers to lower premiums for nonsubsidized buyers.
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More insurers would participate in the market if they knew the government would provide such a backstop, known as reinsurance, the state officials said.
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Hale on that same call said the company purchased reinsurance for its exposure in Florida, Texas, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and the Carolinas.
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The company maintains a unique portfolio of business lines relative to its Bermuda peers and includes a mix of primary insurance and reinsurance business.
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Such a program could be created for other disasters, too, and the threshold placed high enough so that it does not replace private reinsurance.
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A key driver of the magnitude of future rate increases depends on the insurance-linked securities market's appetite to invest more capital in reinsurance.
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To account for those reinsurance agreements, Oscar brought in $494 million in net revenue in 2019 and paid out $418 million in medical claims.
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Following the model of Part D and making the risk corridor program permanent, as well as the reinsurance program, could help stabilize the marketplaces.
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While the reinsurance program is slated to end in 2017, some Republicans have pushed legislation this year to block the final round of payments.
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Reinsurance rates are likely to rise at January 2018 renewals as a result of increased demand, boosting profitability and driving the hedge fund interest.
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Among hedge fund goliaths betting on a recovery for reinsurance stocks were Britain's Marshall Wace, U.S. duo Marathon Asset Management and Balyasny Asset Management.
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The underwriter, which provides marine, casualty and property insurance and reinsurance, said its pretax profit fell to $168 million, for the year ended Dec.
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They could ban or limit junk plans, replace the individual mandate, expand financial assistance to make insurance more affordable, or create a reinsurance program.
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Swiss Re's Fitch-calculated P&C reinsurance combined ratio worsened to 103% in 2016 (2015: 86%), driven by an increase in major loss activity.
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There are other more technical things we should do too, like extending reinsurance: compensation for insurers whose risk pool turned out worse than expected.
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Moreover, the same domestic insurers lobbying for a tax on global affiliate transactions lobbied against restrictions on global affiliate reinsurance in Brazil in 2011.
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Experts say that the reinsurance bill, on the other hand, could help make up for the premium increases but not undo the coverage losses.
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Admiral's substantial use of co-insurance and reinsurance to transfer risks and obtain capital relief also helps them to achieve a higher SII ratio.
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Another would offer money to states to lower premiums, perhaps by setting up "reinsurance" programs to cover the highest-cost customers with serious illnesses.
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"We would view Irma as more of a risk to the traditional reinsurers as well as third-party providers of reinsurance capital," noted Gelb.
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Underhill was previously a partner at U.S. law firm Locke Lord focusing on insurance mergers and acquisitions, reinsurance and other insurance transactional and regulatory matters.
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Beazley Plc, which manages six Lloyd's of London syndicates, said last week it was working to get European insurance licences for its Irish reinsurance business.
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Reinsurance firms (which insure the insurers) and Asian insurance champions are almost the only innovators in an industry that is moving at a glacial pace.
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Insurer American International Group said on Thursday it expects third-quarter pre-tax catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, of between $1.5 billion and $1.7 billion.
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European insurers, reinsurers, brokers and shipping firms have been winding down Iranian business as the United States reimposes sanctions on insurance and reinsurance from Nov.
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We expect that the P&C reinsurance segment will continue to account for a major part of the company's operating earnings in the foreseeable future.
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Once a vice president at a reinsurance company, Ms. Colafrancesco, now 59 and divorced, started determinedly looking for a full-time job three years ago.
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The Bermuda-based reinsurance company set up by the hedge fund manager John A. Paulson is winding down as scrutiny of offshore tax strategies rises.
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"The company has not achieved its projected premium volume, due to the current competitive market environment in property catastrophe reinsurance," Best said at the time.
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According to Eric Cernak, cyber practice leader for Munich Re, a reinsurance group that provides cyber-risk protections to homeowners, many firearms are now connected.
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Exor, the investment vehicle of Italy's Agnelli family, completed the $6.9 billion acquisition of the reinsurance group in 2016, after a long hostile takeover battle.
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Hiscox Chief Executive Bronek Masojada said the storms meant insurance and reinsurance rates were on an uptrend, impacting rates in affected areas and specific sectors.
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The Belarusian state has established strong support for Belarus Re in its legal framework, with the aim to develop a well-functioning system of reinsurance.
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ANZ said last month it would increase the programme once it finalised reinsurance arrangements with Zurich Insurance Group , receiving about A$1 billion as proceeds.
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Fitch regards Munich Re as having the scale, diversity and financial strength to attract the highest quality business being placed into the global reinsurance market.
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The company increased the protection limits of its non-marine catastrophe excess-of-loss reinsurance treaty in 22016 in consideration of its catastrophe risk exposure.
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Athene uses affiliated reinsurance and currently cedes 80% of its annuity business and 100% of its funding agreement business to Athene Life Re. At Dec.
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To protect insurers from the misfortune of covering an unexpectedly high number of high-cost patients, he suggested a "reinsurance fund" to help them cope.
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In 2015, specialty reinsurance and Lloyd's of London (Lloyd's) segments increased to 57% of total gross premiums written (GPW) from 40% of GPW in 2014.
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A study published by the Commonwealth Fund found that the 2014 reinsurance payments were 50 percent higher than insurers expected when they set their premiums.
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Savings in hand, Alaska applied for a waiver to have the federal government repay them the amount it cost to set up their reinsurance fund.
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TRIA was signed into law by President Bush to respond to a severe shortage of private reinsurance capacity after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
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Our thought bubble: Generally, experts are saying the more reinsurance money, the better — if Congress is serious about bringing down premiums in the individual market.
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Maryland officials said the approval of the program--called reinsurance-- will prevent premium increases of up to 30 percent in the state's individual insurance market.
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"We do not need Obamacare to cover people with preexisting conditions, and I've said that federal reinsurance is one way to do it," Hawley said.
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Three federal redistribution programs that led to insurer lawsuits and bailout attempts by the Obama administration (risk-adjustment, risk corridors, reinsurance) will stay in statute.
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Quarterly profit from insurance operations rose 190.503 percent to $1.34 billion, as improvement in reinsurance offset higher claims payouts in the Geico auto insurance unit.
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This was driven by a 100% increase in specialty reinsurance business, as 6463 included a full six months of business from Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd.
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Faso said that he now wants to take potentially bipartisan actions to help bring premiums down, like providing funding known as reinsurance to lower rates.
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Under division boss Kristof Terryn, Zurich concluded a GI review late last year, which included cost savings and using more reinsurance to reduce erratic earnings.
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At issue is ObamaCare's reinsurance program, which is designed to protect insurers against high costs for sicker enrollees in the early years of the law.
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For this reason, the federal government agreed to help finance a reinsurance program in Alaska, and has encouraged other states to consider the Alaska model.
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"We expect pricing conditions to improve going forward — not only in reinsurance but also in commercial insurance," Chief Executive Christian Mumenthaler said in a statement.
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Congress has also been working on a bill that would provide states with money to create reinsurance programs, but it's unclear if it will pass.
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The last two years have proven that state and local rainy-day funds are woefully inadequate and reinsurance concepts can be part of the solution.
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Minnesota has proposed what is called a reinsurance program, which essentially funnels money to the health plans that end up with the most expensive patients.
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It recently received approval to use federal funds for this reinsurance program, which helps cover the bills of high-cost patients, reducing premiums for everyone.
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"We don't discuss the question anymore of, 'Is there climate change,' " Torsten Jeworrek, chief executive for reinsurance at Munich Re, told The Wall Street Journal.
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The reinsurance program, which is slated to end in 2017, makes payments to insurers with far higher-than-expected medical costs in their ObamaCare plans.
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Weakening risk management and a sharp rise in Tugu Pratama's after-reinsurance underwriting risks relative to its equity would also be negative for its ratings.
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JLT Re, the reinsurance arm of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc said it hired Graham Barden and Jon Warner to its aviation team as partner.
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Investor appetite for the reinsurance sector softened in the fourth quarter of 2018, especially when compared with the same period in 2017, the broker added.
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And extending, or adequately funding, programs like reinsurance and risk corridors would go a long way toward creating stronger and more competitive private insurance markets.
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The governors also called for "reinsurance," which is government funding to bring down premiums by picking up the cost of claims for especially sick enrollees.
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It would create a so-called reinsurance program, which would provide government funds to help insurers offset the cost of patients with expensive medical conditions.
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"State-operated reinsurance programs may be an opportunity for states to lower premiums for consumers, improve market stability and increase consumer choice," Mr. Price said.
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