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Hannover Re teams up with Schroders Capital on tokenised ILS pilot
16 July 2024
UK Reporter Diana Bui

The initiative enables reinsurance contracts to be tokenised and traded on a public blockchain platform using smart contracts

Swiss Re launches AI-powered underwriting assistant
25 April 2024
Switzerland Reporter Diana Bui

Swiss Re Life Guide Scout is a generative AI-powered underwriting assistant for life and health insurance, developed in collaboration with Microsoft Azure OpenAI service.

Aon introduces blockchain technology for insurance placement
12 April 2024
UK Reporter Diana Bui

The initiative also involves Nayms, a crypto-compatible insurance marketplace, and Copper.co, a digital asset custodian.

Marsh announces next phase for digital trading initiative
13 February 2023
US Reporter Frances Jones

The initiative is part of the company’s global insurance placement digitisation strategy

CICA announces Dan Rooney as keynote speaker
01 February 2024
US Reporter Lucy Carter

Rooney founded the non-profit organisation Folds of Honor in 2007, which offers scholarships to the children and spouses of fallen or disabled military members

Brokerslink launches new RMP
28 April 2023
Switzerland Reporter Frances Jones

Global broker Brokerslink has launched a new Risk Management Practice (RMP) to provide its partners and affiliates with access to its single-access specialist consultancy service

Hong Kong issues second and largest ILS cat bond
07 June 2022
Hong Kong Reporter Rebecca Delaney

The Insurance Authority has licensed its second and largest issuance of insurance-linked securities in Hong Kong, in the form of a 144A catastrophe bond

IA: Hong Kong is an “ideal captive domicile”
23 February 2022
Hong Kong Reporter Rebecca Delaney

Policy initiatives in 2021 aimed at promoting Hong Kong as an attractive hub for international trade were centred around the four pillars of captive insurance, insurance-linked securities, marine and specialty risk insurance, and reinsurance

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Hidden gems

Ian-Edward Stafrace of Atlas Insurance PCC outlines what to consider beyond the typical captive and protected cell domicile comparisons

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En-Core!

Ian-Edward Stafrace of Atlas Insurance PCC shares how the active non-cellular core of their EU protected cell facility can help rapidly incubate risks, giving more time to assess and set up a cell

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A heated topic

Industry professionals discuss trends around climate change-related risks and how captives can be implemented to help address these risks as they evolve in frequency and severity

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The building blocks of technology

Industry professionals discuss the implementation of blockchain in the captive industry, as well as the benefits and challenges of such technologies

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Generali Employee Benefits

Vittorio Zaniboni of Generali Employee Benefits discusses the current employee benefits market, and how the heightened expectations of captive clients is driving innovation

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Guernsey

In February 2023, Guernsey was confirmed as Europe’s most successful captive domicile. Ned Holmes examines what makes it an industry leader and what comes next

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Vermont

Celebrating its 40th anniversary as a captive insurance domicile, Vermont has already licensed over 20 captives so far this year. Industry experts discuss market trends, legislation updates and more

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Malta

Malta expects to expand its captive position in Europe with its unique PCC legislation and ongoing innovation focus

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Vermont

Vermont continues to lead in the captive market but must keep up with liberalising market trends spreading across the US

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