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The soft landing is being bought with record returns
Europe's big reinsurers are using unprecedented profits to cut nat-cat prices and push risk higher, while third-party capital absorbs the margin compression.
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MS Amlin posts £61m first-quarter profit as catastrophe losses stay away
Combined ratio improved to 87.7% from 92.6% on a sharply lower loss ratio, with Middle East losses and higher expenses trimming the gain.
Bermuda's $1.1 trillion reinsurance pile meets its first capital test
Delaware's Brighthouse review and the PRA's CP8/26 put a capital adequacy yardstick on the asset-manager insurance buildout.
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Talanx's Iran reserve tops storm toll in record half
A €200 million provision for the Iran conflict outweighs named storms in Talanx's record first half, and the insurer still raised its full-year target.
Mangrove builds cover for the third storm. Belize buys speed.
A $111 million debut cat bond and a Bermuda sidecar give a Florida carrier cover for third and fourth hurricane events. The IDB and Swiss Re give Belize a $20 million swap that pays when a storm crosses a trigger.