Here we highlight the most popular stories among the 2019 GC@MC series, which featured our review of critical issues shaping the reinsurance industry that were the focus of discussions at the Rendez-Vous de Septembre.
Looking Beyond the Clouds; A Cyber Insurance Industry Catastrophe Loss Study: Because it is essential to develop a deep understanding of the characteristics of cyber catastrophe events and the financial impact they could have on the standalone cyber insurance market as it exists today, CyberCube Analytics and Guy Carpenter collaborated to help (re)insurers quantify cyber risk by pooling data resources and analytics capabilities to cultivate a view of the potential U.S. cyber industry loss from a range of different cyber catastrophe scenarios.
IFRS 17 and the Value of Reinsurance; An Opportunity in the Challenge: International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 17, issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, is the new financial reporting standard for insurance contracts that will replace the current rules of IFRS 4 and will become effective on January 1, 2022. IFRS 17 will impact the insurance value chain far beyond the areas of actuarial modeling and financial reporting.
InsurTech is Advancing at an Ever-Increasing Pace: Fear of disruption was pervasive early in the “InsurTech” era, stemming from indications that major technology companies were entering the sector, such as “Googlezilla” in 2014; Apple’s telematics focused patent activity; and more recently; Amazon’s exploration of insurance aggregator opportunities in the United Kingdom.
Structured Capital Partnerships: An Evolution of the P&C Reinsurance Business Model: Over the past two decades, alternative capital has grown to represent almost a quarter of the total reinsurance industry capital. Insurance-linked securities (ILS), sidecars and collateralized reinsurance continue to provide valuable capacity to (re)insurers, corporates, and public sector entities to efficiently manage capital and risk alongside traditional market solutions.
The Changing Nature of Risk: In a report published this month by Guy Carpenter, we analyze how an accumulation of losses from recent extreme weather events, the specter of climate change and higher loss cost trends in a number of long-tail business lines are forcing carriers to reassess views of risk.
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