Reinsurance Trends, News, Analysis Presentation from Claude Penland, Actuary

Reinsurance Trends And News, Second Half of 2010 A Presentation by Claude Penland, Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society www.ReinsuranceTrends.com

Mergers & Acquisitions
Atlantic Re Sold to Investor Group by Eastern Insurance http://bit.ly/hWgH60
Gerova Merges, Changes Name to Seymour Pierce & Company http://bit.ly/hMbRdv
Renaissance Re Sells US Insurance Operations to QBE http://bit.ly/aMtTH0
Berkshire Hathaway now owns more than 10% of Munich Re http://bit.ly/aUuAdX

M&A, Two
ReSource Intermediaries sold to Integro http://bit.ly/ceHvs5
Glacier Re sells International Renewal Rights to Endurance http://bit.ly/cMnKNY
Expect Reinsurance Mergers and Acquisitions, says Montpelier Re CEO http://bit.ly/cSCcja
Apollo seeks Co-investors or Reinsurers to help with Brit Insurance bid http://bit.ly/brknFM

M&A, Three
Apollo sought Co-investors or Reinsurers to help with Brit Insurance bid http://bit.ly/brknFM
Private Equity investors just not all that into Reinsurance. It’s not you, it’s them. http://bit.ly/i9U7as
Transamerica Re: private equity firms considering acquiring reinsurer http://bit.ly/96jEww
Channel Re sold to MBIA http://bit.ly/aR7U6G

Growing / New / Reorg Companies
Barbican Managing Agency Ltd. to operate a Lloyd’s syndicate http://bit.ly/h72Cdt
Kortis Capital to issue longevity-linked insurance linked securities http://bit.ly/etLhFG
Aon Benfield has a New Life Reinsurance Hub in Asia Pacific http://bit.ly/e2AYfp
Willis Re Reorganizes, Creates Specialty Casualty Practice Group http://bit.ly/cAo7RH

Growing / New / Reorg Cos., Two
Catco Investment Management Formed as a Cat Reinsurance Fund http://bit.ly/aq5mbH
Steve Roder to launch Reinsurance Company in Hong Kong http://bit.ly/a7TzTR
African Takaful Reinsurance Company launched in Egypt http://bit.ly/9FEHdb
Greenlight Capital Re enters Dublin, Ireland http://bit.ly/8X8V9j

Growing / New / Reorg Cos., Three
Munich Re now writes more gross premium than Swiss Re http://bit.ly/9YqHu5
Alterra Capital Reorganizes Bermuda Unit http://bit.ly/dBsj3e
TigerRisk reinsurance brokerage might enter London http://bit.ly/a7m4GP
GEROVA has redomesticated to Bermuda, from the Cayman Islands http://bit.ly/fIE9LD

Growing / New / Reorg Cos., Four
Novae Re enters credit and surety reinsurance businesses http://bit.ly/gxvko9
Munich Re launches Tokyo branch http://bit.ly/gu9EJe
China Reinsurance to IPO http://bit.ly/98Qtu9
Glacier Re put into runoff http://bit.ly/ayI3KV

Growing / New / Reorg. Cos., Five
Atropos has a new European ILS Fund http://bit.ly/fnY5cc
Secquaero Advisors, ILS inv mgr, enters Australia http://bit.ly/9dh535

Analysis
Reinsurance Association of America Catastrophe Loss Development Study Released http://bit.ly/hVZxK2
Should the National Flood Insurance Program be Privatized? http://bit.ly/eWt707
ReinsuranceSalarySurvey.com C-Level Compensation Survey http://bit.ly/gkb9i6
When You’re Issuing Insurance-Linked Securities, What Should Be Considered? http://bit.ly/9xpJva

Analysis, Two
Aon Benfield Partners With Institute of Cat Risk Mgmt and Nanyang Tech in Singapore http://bit.ly/aiUxrF
Latin American Flood Models Released by Willis Re http://bit.ly/92PpLU
Aston Business School looks at the convergence in approaches by Bermuda & Lloyd’s firms http://bit.ly/d2iuJ8
Reinsurers Have Too Much Capital http://bit.ly/bZszPR

Analysis, Three
New Risks and Regulations are changing the Reinsurance Industry http://bit.ly/9g2qeg
Things are tough all over for Life Reinsurers http://bit.ly/hb9sP7
Three Types of Reinsurance Created by US Federal Health Changes http://bit.ly/9Me45P
China needs a catastrophe pool. Might catastrophe bonds be a good idea? http://bit.ly/bWMpdF

Analysis, Four
Large Asbestos judgement for Travelers http://bit.ly/asA5IZ
“ US government will mess up the catastrophe bond market” ? http://bit.ly/9wi8Tr

Future Considerations
Reinsurance Pool in Hong Kong Might be Created for High Risk Health Insurance http://bit.ly/bQcP2x
The Asian Reinsurance Market: Regulation. Consolidation. Catastrophes. http://bit.ly/akbbDr
Insurance-Linked Securities Growth Could Be Coming to Canada http://bit.ly/aN5ikA
US, Bermuda and European Reinsurers divided on Business Strategies http://bit.ly/dd0BL1

Future Considerations, Two
Reinsurance Pricing may weaken quicker than Insurance-Linked Securities http://bit.ly/dcSxNr
Top Reinsurer Domicile: Who Will Win, Europe or Bermuda? http://bit.ly/bCwmt8
Hannover Re says to Solvency II: Bring It On. http://bit.ly/9Zcm1H
Reinsurance Jobs trend graph, last 5 years http://bit.ly/cZP5hv

Future Considerations, Three
The Death of Credit Raters due to Solvency II has been exaggerated. http://bit.ly/9pLFBl
Variable Annuity Reinsurance Market trends http://bit.ly/9kqba7
NTU’s Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management looking to raise $50 million http://bit.ly/9Xs1SM

Wrap Up
Florida Lowers Reinsurance Collateral Requirements http://bit.ly/akiNnf
Guy Carpenter’s CasCat wins Re/Insurance Initiative of the Year http://bit.ly/aJCBhq
World Crop Reinsurance book published http://bit.ly/aY1zAF
Video about Investing in Reinsurance and Weather Risk http://bit.ly/9i8R2U

Wrap Up, Two
Alex Krutov’s recent Insurance-Linked Securities book, a review http://bit.ly/bCIfbP
RAA Catastrophe Modeling Conference, February, 2011: So who is going? http://bit.ly/bC2t40
See www.ReinsuranceTrends.com and www.ClaudePenland.com for the latest in Reinsurance news and trends
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