Reinsurers’ Investment Strategies Offer Buffer for Low Interest Rates, Pandemic: S&P October 30, 2020 By L.S. Howard A decade of low interest rates and tough underwriting conditions has led reinsurers to cautiously invest in riskier and more...
Enstar Offers $34.50 per Share for Watford Holdings, Surpassing Arch Capital’s Bid October 20, 2020 By L.S. Howard Watford Holdings Ltd.’s board of directors announced they are considering an acquisition offer of $34.50 per share from Enstar Group...
With Tech Tools Galore, It’s an Exciting Time for Insurtech McKenzie Intelligence October 13, 2020 By L.S. Howard Advanced technological tools are making it an exciting time to be an insurtech – and an exciting time for those...
The New Digital Normal and the Future of Work in Reinsurance October 6, 2020 By L.S. Howard It’s been said that necessity is the mother of invention. That proverb was illustrated perfectly during the insurance industry’s successful...
Enstar Offers to Purchase Watford Holdings for $620 Million October 5, 2020 By L.S. Howard Enstar Group Ltd. has made a 100% cash offer to purchase Watford Holdings Ltd.for $31.00 per ordinary share, which amounts...
COVID-19 Crisis Renews Attention on Systemic (Uninsurable) Risks September 30, 2020 By L.S. Howard Reinsurers and insurers for years have been worried about systemic risks – those uninsurable risks with the potential of surpassing...
MGA New Paradigm Aims to Bridge the Natural Catastrophe Protection Gap September 29, 2020 By L.S. Howard Evan Glassman saw a gap in the property insurance market—literally. Glassman, working as a retail producer in south Florida for...
Envelop Risk Paves the Way as Insurtech Reinsurance MGA September 29, 2020 By L.S. Howard Managing general agents for reinsurance are rare. Reinsurance MGAs that write cyber are even rarer, which is the world that...
Reinsurance Experience in Africa, Asia Sets MGA Tempo Underwriting Apart September 29, 2020 By L.S. Howard Tom Bailey, executive director of Tempo Underwriting, has a theory about what it takes to build a business based on...
Finding Niches: Reinsurance MGAs Carving Out Special Market Slices September 29, 2020 By L.S. Howard Reinsurance managing general agents are a rare breed as opposed to their more prevalent insurance-focused counterparts. The successful reinsurance MGAs...