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UK’s Terrorism Reinsurer Pool Re to Reduce Reinsurance Pricing for Insurers

Pool Re, Britain’s leading terrorism reinsurer, announced the most significant reduction in its reinsurance pricing in 20 years. The reduction, which will come into effect in October 2022, will vary according to geographical location. Pool Re aims to enable the …

People Moves: Aon Names WTW’s Forrest as CEO of Insurance Consulting, Reinsurance Solutions; Pool Re Hires Former MS Amlin Exec Clementi as CEO, Succeeding Enoizi

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon and Pool Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Names WTW’s Forrest as Global CEO of Insurance Consulting Team, Reinsurance Solutions Aon plc, the global professional services …

New Public-Private Consortium Aims to Develop Protection Against Systemic Risks

The Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies (CCRS) at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School is launching a new research consortium that aims to find ways to protect society against future systemic risks. Funding will be provided by an international …

UK’s Pool Re Launches Advisory Group to Develop Public-Private Solutions for Systemic Risks

Pool Re, Britain’s leading terrorism reinsurer, announced the launch of “Re:New,” an advisory group that will explore how to protect the UK economy from systemic risks. Re:New will unite experts from insurance, government, industry, academia and beyond to explore how …

How to Address the Next Uninsurable Pandemic — A Black Swan Event

There aren’t many contexts where $2 trillion seems like a paltry sum. Then a pandemic comes along. The economic fallout from COVID-19 has left insurers issuing existential warnings and businesses discovering they weren’t covered. It’s resulted in courts packed with …

UK Insurance Industry Leaders Form Steering Group to Propose Pandemic Response, Chaired by Catlin

UK Insurance industry leaders have combined to form a steering group, which will work with terrorism reinsurer Pool Re, with the primary objective to ensure that, working alongside the industry to support customers and communities in the current crisis, the …

Pool Re Completes £2.4 Billion Terrorism Retrocession Program

Pool Re, a leading British terrorism reinsurer, said it has completed placement of its £2.4 billion retrocession program with more than 50 international reinsurers, led by Munich Re. Hannover Re also provided a significant part of the coverage. The £2.4 …

Pool Re Takes Steps to Make Terrorism Cover More Accessible to U.K. Businesses

Pool Re, Britain’s leading terrorism reinsurer, announced it is taking steps to help reduce costs and improve the accessibility of terrorism insurance for businesses in the U.K., in part by expanding the definition of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). The …

Pool Re Forms Specialist Unit to Help U.K. Insurers Build Terrorism Risk Resilience

Pool Re, Britain’s government-backed terrorism reinsurer, has launched of Pool Re “Solutions,” a specialist unit created to support its member insurers and their policyholders by sharing the understanding and partnerships it has established over 25 years of reinsuring terrorism risk. …

Pool Re Buys Non-Damage BI Retro Cover in Program Led by Liberty Specialty

Pool Re, Britain’s terrorism reinsurer, announced the placement of its new retrocession program covering non-damage business interruption (NDBI) losses. The program incepted on July 5. The Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill 2018, which was signed in February 2019, allows Pool …