Here we bring together recent GC Capital Ideas stories that have presented options that good capital stewards in the reinsurance industry are currently considering for deployment of excess capital. Maintaining the Status Quo: One of the biggest challenges facing reinsurers is deciding how to deploy excess capital to generate a return that meets or exceeds the expectation of ... Continue Reading »
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Risk Transfer Demand
Nick Frankland, Chief Executive Officer, EMEA Contact Are the insurance and reinsurance industries adequately serving their clients in the transfer of risk? The question is a timely one because much recent discussion has focused on the entry of new capital into the industries and its effect on capacity and pricing. Regulatory and economic conditions have also concentrated minds ... Continue Reading »
Capital Stewardship Option: M&A – Grow/Diversify by Product Line
As carriers explore M&A opportunities to grow in the current environment, there is strong interest from potential buyers looking for bolt-on opportunities rather than transformational transactions. Although this demand has not to-date triggered a significant increase in M&A transactions, the ingredients for more activity are now in place. ... Continue Reading »
Marsh United States Insurance Market Report 2013
Guy Carpenter sister company Marsh's 2013 United States Insurance Report reveals that although U.S. commercial insurance rates are expected to continue firming in many lines of business and industry sectors in 2013, traditional signs of a conventional hard market are not evident as price increases are not uniform, capacity is plentiful and competition among insurers remains ... Continue Reading »
Continental European Legislative and Judicial Trends: France – Does the Prohibition of Discrimination in the Insurance Industry Conflict with the Principle of Equality?
David Lewin, Managing Director Contact Background The CJEU has continually shown its commitment to fight discrimination and just took another step in that direction. In a judgment delivered on March 1, 2011, in the case of Tests-Achats (Belgian consumers association) versus Belgium, the court found that Article 5 of Council Directive 2004/113 allows member states to maintain an ... Continue Reading »
Continental European Legislative and Judicial Trends: Test-Achats Judgment of European Court – Gender Equality in Insurance Coverage in Belgium
David Lewin, Managing Director Contact Background Shortly before Christmas 2011, the European Commission published its guidelines for the insurance industry to help insurers implement necessary changes in light of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) judgment in the Test-Achats Case (C 239/06) of March 1, 2011. The guidelines' publication followed a meeting of ... Continue Reading »
Guy Carpenter Forms Alliance with EagleEye Analytics To Help Insurers Optimize Risk Selection and Pricing
Guy Carpenter & Company announced its alliance with EagleEye Analytics, Inc., the leading provider of world-class predictive analytics solutions to the property and casualty insurance industry. ... Continue Reading »
