Morley Speed, Managing Director and Carolyn Morley, Chairman, Global Casualty Contact Data integrity and availability as critical as data confidentiality Limited ability to quantify dependency a major cyber inhibitor Challenge to build clearly differentiated cyber portfolio ... Continue Reading »
GC@BB Commentary 2017
Scalability critical to developing substantial terrorism market – GC@BB Commentary
Charles Gibbs, Managing Director and Jamie Russell, Vice President Contact Capacity a major limiting factor in expanding remit Small number of players raising aggregation risk Cover not reaching organizations that need it most ... Continue Reading »
ILS framework can propel London to be the global hub, if it has a supportive regulator – GC@BB Commentary
Des Potter, Head of GC Securities, EMEA Contact London can establish itself as the global hub for innovative reinsurance risk transfer U.K. regulators must be more responsive to enable the U.K. market to be more competitive Developing an insurance-linked securities (ILS) market will help London maintain its global standing ... Continue Reading »
Challenging Market Is Fueling MGA M&A – GC@BB Commentary
Andrew Beecroft, Managing Director, GC Securities and John Rowlands, Senior Vice President, GC Securities Contact Challenging market conditions are fueling growth and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the managing general agent (MGA) space Recent acquisition multiples have been extremely high compared to historic values Should markets harden, MGAs will need to ... Continue Reading »
Industry in investor “sweet spot” – GC@BB Commentary
Richard Hewitt, Head of Business Intelligence, EMEA Contact Insurers bucking standard competitive cycle response Current dynamics look set to continue for long term in spite of recent catastrophe losses Investor appeal will remain strong ... Continue Reading »
Interoperability: A case for open source – GC@BB Commentary
Peter Hearn, President & CEO Contact Industry-wide call for increased transparency in cat modelling Interoperability facilitates collaboration of multiple data sources Open source models allow insurers to develop own view of risk ... Continue Reading »