Reinsurance Weekly
Plain-English reinsurance explainers and an archive of insurance, insurtech, cyber and climate-risk news.
What is reinsurance? Types of reinsurance Facultative vs treaty
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Types of Reinsurance
Reinsurance can be classified in two main ways: by how risks are placed, and by how losses are shared. By placement: treaty…
2019-07-15Reinsurance of Travel Insurance
Travel insurance covers people against risks such as medical emergencies, accidents, cancellations and lost belongings while they are away. Most individual travel…
2019-07-12Optimizing reinsurance can save millions
Choosing a reinsurance program is one of the hardest decisions an insurer makes. Even small improvements in how a program is structured…
2019-07-12Reasons for Reinsuring
Why do insurers buy reinsurance, and why should policyholders care? Put simply, reinsurance is insurance for insurance companies. It spreads risk so…
2019-07-11History of insurance - what do you know?
People have looked for ways to share risk for as long as they have traded. The history of insurance is, in large…
2019-07-10What is Reinsurance?
To reinsure means, literally, to insure again. Reinsurance is the transfer of all or part of a risk that an insurer has…
2019-06-05Facultative and treaty reinsurance - the differences
Just as individuals and businesses buy insurance to transfer risk, insurers transfer part of their own risk to reinsurers. They do this…
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Cryptocurrency security: someone needs to audit it
As more money flows into cryptocurrencies, security has become one of the sector's biggest weaknesses. Most large losses have come not from…
2019-09-19Reinsurance costs discussed for next year
Colorado's new state reinsurance program, passed in 2019 and credited with lowering 2020 premiums for people who buy individual health coverage, has…
2019-09-13Dedicated Reinsurance Capital: First Half 2019
Each year, the reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter and the rating agency A.M. Best publish a joint estimate of the capital dedicated to…
2019-08-22Energy and Chemical Reinsurance - Implications
Energy and chemical risks, including refineries, petrochemical plants, offshore platforms and pipelines, are among the largest and most complex exposures in the…
2019-08-08Is crypto a good investment?
Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ether have attracted enormous attention from investors, and from insurers who are increasingly asked to cover the…
2019-08-05Colorado's reinsurance program reduces healthcare premiums
At the end of July 2019, federal officials approved Colorado's request for a Section 1332 waiver to run a state reinsurance program…
2019-07-23Blockchain solutions in Reinsurance
Reinsurance is a natural candidate for blockchain experiments. Contracts pass between cedents, brokers and reinsurers. Premiums, claims and reports move back and…
2019-07-19Types of Reinsurance
Reinsurance can be classified in two main ways: by how risks are placed, and by how losses are shared. By placement: treaty…
2019-07-19After Wizz Air flagged a possible data breach, should all insurance policies include cyber cover?
In July 2019, the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air emailed customers to say it had reset their account passwords. The airline said…
2019-07-17Climate Change, risk to Reinsurance companies
Munich Re has studied the link between climate change and natural catastrophes for decades, and its research is widely cited in the…
2019-07-16The rise of AI Reinsurance
Automation and artificial intelligence are reaching almost every part of financial services, and reinsurance is no exception. AI will not replace reinsurance,…
2019-07-15Reinsurance of Travel Insurance
Travel insurance covers people against risks such as medical emergencies, accidents, cancellations and lost belongings while they are away. Most individual travel…
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