Just beyond the curtain
Rein4ce CEO Mairi Mallon, aka @reinsurancegirl, looks back at February and says we are not seeing the full picture of the depth and breadth of change currently affecting the insurance, reinsurance and ILS markets.It is renewals season, and usually after a marathon of conferences, we would have our fingers on the pulse, knowing not just the rate environment, but also all the gossip, who is going where and doing what with whose money.We would be forgiven for thinking that with all the video technology we are using we can connect with anybody in the world virtually from our home office and still be tuned into what is really happening.But I know we are not getting the full picture. Reading news stories and watching webinars from the market movers and shakers is all fine and well, but we are not getting the inside track. Before COVID-19, we could put this information into context in face-to-face meetings, with tit-bits of information exchanged over coffee or wine, in airport lounges, on long haul flights, in conference lobbies, and the joyous happenchance meetings that we all miss so much.This is the most challenging and revolutionary renewals period I have ever seen – it is one for the history books. Yet from what we are reading and hearing right now, you’d think it was a damp squib.The real story often lurks behind the curtain and I’d like to pull it back. Give me a vaccine and I’ll be out and about again in a flash. See you out there.
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Mairi Mallon Chief Executive
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Are blockchain and insurtech making a difference to insurance and reinsurance? Rein4ce client ChainThat is interviewed by Bermuda’s Royal Gazette on blockchain and how insurtech can cut costs in the insurance and reinsurance industry. Does insurtech give a quicker time to market?…
Xceedance media coverage on the reinsurance technology revolution
Where technology is taking reinsurance and insurance Justin Davies, Head of EMEA, Xceedance, is featured in Global Reinsurance discussing the ongoing technology revolution taking place in the insurance and reinsurance industry. The danger of complacency in insurance He said: “Those businesses…
Insurance female leaders career advice to the next generation
Career challenges facing women in insurance Rein4ce client International General Insurance is featured in Reactions Women’s Leadership Forum 2019. The report contains 20 women in the industry discussing the challenges of their careers and offer advice to the next generation…
Interview: Reinsurance firms have opportunity to expand in America
Lawyer says non-US firms could increase reinsurance work in America Reinsurance in America may be set to see more business carried out by non-US firms. Law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath Partner Tom Dawson, provides insight into the options available…
Greenlight Re on blockchain transforming ILS in Insurance Day
Greenlight Re discuss blockchain transforming ILS Greenlight Re Ireland Chief Executive Officer, Patrick O’Brien, and Annette King, Chair and Founder, Galileo Platforms, give their take on blockchain transforming the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector. The article discusses how technologies such as blockchain could…
Intelligent Insurer features talented IGI staff as rising stars
Intelligent Insurer highlights rising stars of insurance Rein4ce client International General Insurance (IGI) is featured in Intelligent Insurer Rising Star 2018. In this special report Intelligent Insurer speaks to 45 young executives – all under 35 – destined for success within…
Stephan Ruoff, Tokio Millenium Re CEO, talks to Insurance Insider
Stephan Ruoff on how reinsurance is changing Tokio Millenium Re Chief Executive Officer, Stephan Ruoff, discusses with The Insurance Insider how reinsurers can navigate the ever-evolving market environment. He says he is “up for the challenge”. Has the industry done enough for…
Taking the time to ‘Dive In’
Making insurance more diverse The Dive In Festival drew to a close to on Friday after a week of celebrations, uplifting stories, inspiring experiences and a wide range of amazing people from all walks of life working towards making the…
Xceedance discusses technology and transformation in Monte Carlo Today
Technology driving insurance transformation Travis MacMillian, Chief Business Officer of Xceedance, sits down with Monte Carlo Today to discuss how his company can help insurers and reinsurers navigate operational transformation challenges in what has become an increasingly competitive and technology-driven landscape.…
The big question being discussed on day one of Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous
Experts talk market at Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous On day one of the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous, four of Rein4ce’s clients were featured in the Big Question: Market Conditions. The piece features commentary from Brendan Barry, Chief Underwriting Officer, Greenlight Re, Waleed Jabsheh,…
PartnerRe reveal what reinsurance firms need for growth
What reinsurance companies need for long-term growth Featured in Reactions 2018 CEO Risk Forum is rein4ce client PartnerRe. The piece features Emmanuel Clarke, CEO of PartnerRe, discussing the changing global landscape and for there to be growth in reinsurance,…
5 tips for making it through Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous
How to get the most from Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous This year marks the 62nd anniversary of the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous, the best-attended conference in the reinsurance event calendar. While the wider reinsurance market enjoys some breathing space in August after…
Found: One Time Machine
The power of words should never be underestimated. They can transport you in time and space, I’m sure. And yesterday proved it to me. I was clearing out the attic in my parents’ house recently and came across an ancient…
The power of hashtags and social media in insurance
BIBA 2018 proved insurance can harness hashtags This year’s British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) annual conference has demonstrated how the insurance sector can utilise the power of a hashtag on Twitter. On the first day of the conference, #BIBA2018 was…
Time to talk about the gender pay gap in insurance and if it will ever end
Why are there gender barriers and pay gaps in insurance? International Women’s Day can be an important catalyst to push the important topic of gender equivalence. Rein4ce’s Caitlin Jennings says there is still a long way to go to remove…
Stop insurance companies sweeping sexual harassment under the carpet
Sexual harassment and insurance Here we go again. Harvey Weinstein originally put the spotlight on sexual harassment in the workplace, which generated a wave of acknowledgement, investigation and discussion on this thorny topic. Rein4ce’s Sarah Hills says there needs to…
After the hurricanes, what challenges face the insurance sector?
Tragedy and devastation The natural catastrophes that came in very quick succession at the end of the summer this year left a path of devastation and trail of human tragedy behind them. What we also saw, however, was the insurance…
Festive fun in the City
Christmas greetings from the team at Rein4ce ‘Tis the season and all that, and the City of London is at its sparkling festive best. Christmas parties spill out of every restaurant and pub, and the full conviviality of the EC3…
ArgoGlobal selects The Sick Children’s Trust as its chosen charity
ArgoGlobal picks The Sick Children’s Trust as chosen charity The Sick Children’s Trust is pleased to announce that ArgoGlobal has chosen to support the charity for the next two years. ArgoGlobal have already participated in an exciting programme of fundraising…
Sexism is still a thing in the City and insurance – it’s far from history
Is there still a large sexism problem in the insurance sector? Rein4ce CEO Mairi Mallon thinks now is the right time of the year to talk sexism in insurance as this week sees the third year of the Dive In…
Global Re Monte Carlo Daily Day 3 round-up – the impact of Hurricane Irma
The potential impact of Hurricane Irma Hurricane Irma’s potential impact on the capital markets was the key topic of discussion on day three of Monte Carlo 2017 Global Re. The discussion featured three of Rein4ce’s clients Brendan Barry, CUO, Greenlight Re,…
Interview: alternative capital forcing reinsurers for new ways to be relevant
Rein4ce client Tokio Millennium Re appeared in the Reactions CEO supplement in September. In the interview, TMR CEO Stephan Ruoff discusses how alternative capital is forcing reinsurers to look for different ways to remain relevant. Download PDF of the Article…
IGI talks insurance success in MENA to Reactions CEO Supplement
Staying local and relevant for insurance success Rein4ce client IGI is featured in the Reactions CEO Supplement in September, talking about insurance in MENA markets. In the interview, IGI President and UK Executive Director Waleed Jabsheh emphasizes the importance of…
“Ogden is one of the government’s biggest own-goals…” and other chat at Insurance Insider Pre-Monte Carlo briefing
You could have heard a pin drop in the Willis Towers Watson auditorium yesterday. The great and the good of the London Market had turned up to the Insurance Insider Pre-Monte Carlo briefing, and what they got was one of…
PartnerRe talks about stability achieved through private ownership
Featured on the front page of the Intelligent Insurer September edition is rein4ce client PartnerRe. The piece features Emmanuel Clarke, CEO of PartnerRe, explaining how he is building on the stability achieved through private ownership by Exor to create secure,…
Rein4ce is media partner for Insurtech Rising conference
PR partners for Europe’s largest insurtech conference Specialist insurance and reinsurance communications and public relations agency Rein4ce is delighted to announce it is a media partner for the Insurtech Rising conference in London on October 16-18. The event is Europe’s…
Rein4ce-backed charity The Sick Children’s Trust launches cricket city event
Howzat! Join cricketing legends to play in the All Out For Cricket in The City event Final place left for teams for this year’s event The Sick Children’s Trust is pleased to announce that its sixth ‘All Out For Cricket in The…
Rein4ce at Reactions London Market Awards for external PR Agency of the Year
The Rein4ce team had the honour of being nominated in this year’s Reactions London Market Awards for external PR Agency of the Year – and with it a chance to get all glammed up. This was to be my first experience of…
Rein4ce support The Sick Children’s Trust with PR services
Specialist insurance and reinsurance communications and public relations agency, Rein4ce, is delighted to announce that it is providing pro bono PR services to The Sick Children’s Trust, a charity that helps the recovery of sick children by supporting the whole…
Can millennials handle working in reinsurance and insurance?
Caitlin Jennings – Rein4ce’s first millennial employee – leaps to the defence of her generation after having heard enough moaning about millennials and working in the insurance and reinsurance sectors. If I were to say millennials to you what would…
Would you insure a politician’s promise?
Prime Minister Theresa May performed one of the biggest u-turns in political history on Tuesday when she made the surprise announcement to hold a snap general election in June. No one in Westminster saw this coming, especially in light of the…
A night at the Trading Risk Awards
It’s Monday and I’ve only just recovered from the Trading Risk Awards, that took place last Thursday at The HAC, Armoury House, in London. The who’s-who of the cat bond and ILS world got together for a night of glitz and…
Britain may be turning its back on Europe, but the London insurance market is not
The starting gun was finally fired this week on Britain’s exit from the European Union when Prime Minister Theresa May triggered Article 50 on Wednesday. Lloyd’s was quick off the mark, announcing today that it will be opening an office in Brussels, allowing…
How the insurance market can learn teamwork, inclusion and diversity from Team GB hockey stars
When Team GB hockey Olympic gold medalists Helen and Kate Richardson-Walsh rocked up to the Willis Towers Watson building in the City of London yesterday, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I was worried I would be star-struck and lost…
Is the Insurance industry calling time on drinking culture?
Lloyd’s sets out its stall and bans lunchtime drinks After the Corporation of Lloyd’s banned its 800 staff from drinking at lunchtime, the responses from the insurance market have varied from “about time” to cries about “nanny state” imposing yet more rules…
Insurance and Risk Linked Securities Conference partners with Rein4ce
Specialist insurance and reinsurance communications and public relations agency rein4ce is proud to announce it has been named media partner for the Insurance and Risk Linked Securities Conference. Top speakers for ILS conference The conference takes place on February 26-28 at…
Rein4ce expansion continues with appointments of Helen Smith and Caitlin Jennings
Rein4ce, the specialist insurance and reinsurance public relations agency, has continued to grow with the appointments of Helen Smith and Caitlin Jennings. AON Group, Lloyds, Willis Group to Rein4ce Helen, a former Communications Manager at Willis Group, is appointed as…
New kid on the block: New ILS conference in New York is oversubscribed!
Promising start for new ILS conference Last week a new date was added to the conference season – Artemis’ ILS NYC 2017. The event was full to capacity with 200 delegates and had 80 people on a waiting list – no…
The insurance industry prepares for Hurricane Donald
Donald Trump’s election as US President has caused chaos and uncertainty in global political circles as he has begun to dismantle treaties and cast doubt on long-held international alliances. The global reinsurance markets are also poised for potentially massive disruption…
Getting down to insurance business in Baden-Baden
Every September for the past decade, the heat and frenetic pace of the Monte Carlo reinsurance Rendez-Vous has dominated my September – and many months leading up to it as the Rein4ce team has juggled multiple diaries and booked dozens of meetings…
New report released : Insurance Asset Management, North America 2016
The fourth annual Insurance Asset Management, North America 2016 report was published on Monday. This report brings together North American based heads of technology, risk, investment, and information to debate the key challenges facing their investment activities. What the Insurance Asset Management…
Rein4ce insurance PR team go Sober for October
One of the most fun things about working in reinsurance is that it’s such a sociable industry. From lunches in Leadenhall Market to cocktail parties and conferences – think Monte Carlo especially – there’s never a shortage of chances to…
Why does the reinsurance industry do such a bad PR job on itself?
Mention insurance to most people and they are likely to stifle a yawn. They’ll think there is not much more to it than trying to save a few quid on their home or car insurance on a price comparison site…
BIBA 2016 – the biggest insurance show in the world?
Last week the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) conference was held in Manchester. Here Sarah Mortimer aka @ILSDiva, talks about the massive broker event. A lot of change, but also similarities The last time I went to the BIBA conference was back…
SIFMA Insurance Risk Linked Securities (IRLS) conference round-up
This year’s SIFMA Insurance Risk Linked Securities (IRLS) conference in New York was not only a great networking opportunity for Rein4ce, but also a chance for me to visit a city I have never been to before. What is the SIFMA Insurance Risk…
Time for insurance to meet and tweet in New York
Roll up roll up, all you insurance, reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) Twitter tweeps, we are going to have an industry tweet-up on February 25th in New York. We are looking at the Shakespeare, (24 E 39th St, New York, NY 10016).…
Just how many senior women in insurance and reinsurance are there?
It’s time to talk about senior women in insurance and reinsurance. That was my thought after seeing a statistic was posted on Twitter the other day stating that 62% of Canada’s P&C industry’s workforce was female in 2012 (thanks to @xuber for…
How big is the UK Insurance industry vs banking… and #goinsurance!
It would be nice to find out what the comparison in size is between the wholesale UK insurance industry/market and wholesale banking in the UK. I’ve been searching everywhere, but have come up blank. The one statistic I’ve found so…
Why insurance and reinsurance markets are booming (and a great place to work)
I just heard on the radio that the UK may be heading for a triple dip recession. News like that really makes me appreciate working in the insurance and reinsurance sector. With the general doom and gloom on the economy,…
Insurance and reinsurance in London is flourishing – so why does no one know about it?
Insurance – one of the best kept secrets of the UK’s financial services history Last week I went for after works drinks within the City of London with a friend who does not work in financial services. He expressed surprise…
How has the reinsurance and insurance workplace changed in the last 40 years?
I have just read a great blog by Keith Riley on his 40 year career in reinsurance and how the workplace has changed – from the introduction of the fax machine and emails to working by candlelight in the winter of…
Five great tips for actuaries to improve their LinkedIn profiles
Two weeks ago I gave a talk at the Health and Care Conference to a group of actuaries working in insurance and reinsurance on social media, focusing on how they might be able to use it for business – either personally or…
Women in the boardroom – and introducing 100 Women in Reinsurance Group
“Men and women can’t work effectively together in insurance,” I was recently told. Eh what? Let me give you context to the above. Very recently, I spoke to one industry executive who said that he did not think that men…
Reinsurance girl’s blog voted top blogs for insurance law by LexisNexis
Reinsurance Girl is an online influencer We received an email late last night at Rein4ce telling us that this blog has been voted onto the top 50 blogs by the LexisNexis Insurance Law Community. We are delighted, of course. It…
Who was the newcomer at Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous?
Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous round-up Last week the reinsurance world descended on the glamorous Monte Carlo for the annual reinsurance Rendez-Vous. Among the diamonds, champagne and glitz of the setting, real work was being done, brokers standing their ground on reinsurance pricing…
Social media guidelines – free download for insurance and reinsurance firms
Something we hear a lot during PR and social media training with insurance and reinsurance firms is that companies don’t have guidelines in place. Here’s a solution to that problem. At Rein4ce, we feel that social media should be part…
Insurance gets social media (finally) – check out #BIBA2011 and #RIMS2011
Last week UK brokers gathered at their annual event, BIBA 2011 in Manchester and for the first time in UK insurance and broker communities, social media was (finally!) used fairly widely (it’s not like we’ve been writing much about why reinsurance and…
Stirred but not shaken? The true cost of the Japan disaster on reinsurance and insurance
In the past week, the speculation about the terrible events in Japan – and what they will mean for the reinsurance and insurance market – have begun to calm down. Already badly hit by the New Zealand earthquakes and Australian…
Social Media – is it the “Green Eggs and Ham” of insurance, reinsurance and risk management?
I do love Dr Seuss. From reading the books as a child to reading them to my own children, they really are a joy. One of my favourites is “Green Eggs and Ham”. For those of you who have not…
“I don’t believe in social media” – how the insurance and reinsurance professionals have moved on
Some insurers slow to see social media benefits – but it is changing I am still amazed by how many people I still come across that say they don’t “believe” in social media or social networking. But this is no…
Six ways for better social media content planning in 2011
Firstly, Happy New Year to you all – may you all have a prosperous 2011. Secondly, thanks for your support in 2010, and for reading my blog. Last year was a year when many wholesale insurers, reinsurers and service providers…
How to convince executives to use social media? Speak their language
Getting buy in on social media I was just reading the blog post by Mike Wise on getting executives to “buy in” to social media – and it made me think to post up my thoughts on this here as it is…
Insurance and reinsurance companies need better risk management with social media
I had a huge response to a previous posting on Facebook inserting Wikipedia pages of Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies without their permission – or even knowledge. It is a potential public relations disaster for insurance and reinsurance companies. Many listed…
Look after your insurance brand on social media – or others will do it for you
Today I was looking for something on Facebook and came across the Lloyd’s of London group site. What I found was a page imported from Wikipedia – this time in Portuguese (!). I’ve talked about this before and how poor…
Willis Re rebrands and Scor results – Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous report
Latest news from Rendez-Vous in Monte Carlo Last night the Rendez-Vous at Monte Carlo, reinsurance’s big annual conference, kicked off in usual glittering style at the Guy Carpenter party in the Hotel de Paris. Sipping glasses of Tattinger, the good…
Monte Carlo here we come – Rendez-Vous Preview
Rendez-Vous Preview It is that time of year again, when the good and the great of the reinsurance world head to Monte Carlo for the annual Rendez-Vous. Bermudians and Americans will already be winging their way across the Atlantic, while most…