Opinion

ILS capacity has acted as the equaliser of Florida hurricane rates. It chased after the extra margin that reinsurers built into their calculations in taking on their peak hurricane risk, with the logical result of helping to erode the margin

Reinsurers live and die by their claims-paying ability, and the ILS market is no different.

Convergence may be a preferred term for the ILS markets, but arguably it is becoming just as much of a misnomer for today's industry as the now outmoded "alternative reinsurance"

As a New Zealander, I grew up accustomed to watching rugby players crash around the field armed with little more than a bit of strapping on their ears.

What kind of presents might be waiting for the reinsurance market under this year's Christmas tree?

When you've been writing editorials for a few years, the ghosts of columns past inevitably come back to haunt you.

The reinsurance industry is dominated by talk of disruptive threats, cutting out loops in the supply chains and getting "closer to the risk".

The grand Monte Carlo casino is one of a number of entertainment options open to the horde of reinsurance executives about to descend upon Monaco for the annual Rendez-Vous.

Is the ILS market feeling old before its time?

Getting "closer to risk" is one of the talking points in the reinsurance market at the moment

One of the eternal unanswered questions in the reinsurance market is "what will happen next?"

An organised city planner might well look at a road map of the reinsurance sector and weep