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April Renewals Confirm Reinsurance Rates Continue to Fall: Willis Re Chairman

“Reinsurance rates began to fall last year,” said Willis Re’s Chairman James Vickers in a telephone interview. The January renewals “saw more reductions, and this has continued in April.” Vickers outlined three principle reasons: 1) 2013 was a benign year …

Members of Aon Benfield’s Analytics Team Explain Cat Models

“Our remit at Aon Benfield Analytics is really to do the risk quantification part of reinsurance transactions,” said John Moore, the head of International Analytics operations. He’s responsible for overseeing the collection of massive amounts of data, the construction of …