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Reinsurance Execs Weigh In on Cyber Risk
Q: Reinsuring Cyber Risk. Describe the cyber risk appetite of the reinsurance industry and how it has changed in the past year. Describe your company's appetite and how you price the risks, structure ...
Reinsurance Execs Weigh In on Their Biggest Challenges
Q: Challenges. Which of the following factors do you believe has had the biggest impact on the reinsurance market in 2015? Which is likely to be the most significant factor in 2016? Changing buyer ...
Reinsurance Execs Weigh In on Consolidation
Q: Consolidation. In your view, is M&A activity done in the reinsurance sector or is there more to come? What has been the impact of consolidation of insurers, reinsurers and brokers on the ...
Reinsurance Execs Weigh In on Pricing
Q: The Pricing Environment.Recent rating agency reports contained the following observations about the reinsurance pricing environment: S&P: "Price competition for global property/casualty ...
Questions About the Future of the Reinsurance Market Answered
Anthropologist Paula Jarzabkowski raised questions about the stability of the industry after digging up its history for her book "Making a Market for Acts of God." Carrier Management asked executives ...
How P/C Leaders Unplug and Find Work/Life Balance
For executives in the property/casualty insurance industry, daily leadership challenges both large and small erupt constantly. They must find ways to stay fresh, innovative and efficient in order to ...
What Black Swan Author Nassim Taleb Has to Say About Insurance
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A VINTAGE CARRIER MANAGEMENT ARTICLE FROM 2015. When Nassim Nicholas Taleb addressed a group of insurance executives recently, the author of the book "The Black Swan" was pretty ...
How Great Leaders Build Community
Building community within an organization encompasses many activities, but here are three basic practices of great leaders. They develop strong personal relationships. This means spending time with ...