RGA remains one of the few reinsurers to have transacted an asset intensive reinsurance deal in Europe. As Executive Vice Presidents Cormac Galvin, Head of EMEA, and Jonathan Porter, Global Chief Risk Officer, discuss, shifting life markets mean this is a long-term growth business.
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) is the international standard-setting body for insurance markets. In this interview, Dieter Hendrickx, chair of the IAIS Monitoring and Risk Assessment Committee, talks about the international context for Europe’s life reinsurance business.
Longevity reinsurance is booming in the Netherlands. What are the drivers and will the rest of Europe follow suit? What occupation should you pursue if you want to live longest? According to the panel on longevity at Life-Re Europe, librarian
It has been long talked about but consolidation could be coming to Europe in a big way as participants from Viridium and Frankfurter Leben discussed at Life-Re Europe.
Has the PRA crashed the funded re market? That is the question many are asking following its recent proposal to hit the UK’s funded re business with a 10% capital charge.
Asset intensive reinsurance (AIR) has taken hold in life markets around the world. Europe, though, is a different story. But does Europe really need AIR?
Life-Re Europe held its first event in April. From longevity to reinsurance, assets to regulations, the forum covered a manifold range of key topics for the European life insurance market.
Regulatory certainty is key to a flourishing life reinsurance market. At Life-Re Europe, regulators showed receptivity to this newly emerging market development.
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