Best’s Market Segment Report: Latin America reinsurance segment still attractive despite soft market
Global reinsurers continue to look to Latin America for diversification, even though the natural catastrophe-prone region has not seen any significant market-hardening events since 2013, according to a new report from ICMIF Supporting Member AM Best. As a result, the reinsurance market in Latin America remains soft. AM Best believes that the strengthening of the […]
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The Latin American Association for Reinsurance Education (also known as the LARG Group) is a group of mutual/cooperative insurers from Latin America. All these companies are members of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF). The LARG concept was originally set up in 2004 by five ICMIF member organizations in order to purchase reinsurance […]
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US ICMIF member American Agricultural Insurance Company (AAIC), one of the top reinsurers in the United States, announced that it is now authorized to reinsure risks based in Argentina and Colombia through the broker marketplace. The company has been named an Admitted Foreign Reinsurer in Argentina and an Approved Reinsurer in Colombia, where it is […]
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In a press release issued yesterday at the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo, ICMIF Supporting Member Swiss Re announced that it expects further rate increases for loss-affected and underperforming businesses and broadly stable rates in other areas, amid continued capital abundance in the reinsurance market. To ensure a long-term sustainable reinsurance market, further rate increases are […]
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The International Cooperative and Mutual insurance Federation (ICMIF) has announced four upcoming webinars. These webinars are organised exclusively for the benefit of ICMIF members and they willexamine the current strategic issues and latest trends impacting the cooperative/mutual insurance sector. They bring thought leadership and showcase best practice from a number of ICMIF member organisations and also prominent […]
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The International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) has confirmed that the second keynote speaker for the ICMIF Biennial Conference (12-15 November 2019) is Ian Taylor. Ian has been described as an ”exemplar of innovation in New Zealand”. The entrepreneur was awarded the 2019 New Zealand Innovator of the Year at the annual New Zealander […]
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Every other year the ICMIF Asia and Oceania Association (AOA) organizes a Members’ Study Group Visit, one of the Association’s most important events. This time for 2019, the AOA Study Group visited NTUC Income (hereinafter referred to as “Income”), a Singaporean member organization and it was the fourth Members’ Study Group Visit. Excluding attendees from […]
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According to ICMIF member Folksam (Sweden), the first round of its recent Tech Talent programme was a success and therefore the organisation is now investing in another round of the year-long introduction and development program. The Tech Talent programme aims to ensure growth and secure competence in building a modern financial company. “The outcome of our first […]
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The Canadian financial cooperative Desjardins has this week announced that the fourth edition of the Cooperathon will kick off on 2 October 2019 from Montreal’s Olympic Stadium. The event is designed to bring hundreds of changemakers together to workshop entrepreneurial projects with strong potential for social impact. Kick-off (2 October) Day one of the event is open […]
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The insurance sector is considerably less concerned about silent cyber exposures than it was in 2018, according to 2019 Silent Cyber Risk Outlook, the annual global survey published this week by ICMIF member Willis Re, the reinsurance division of Willis Towers Watson. The finding applies to all commercial lines of business and industry groups, says the report. The […]
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