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BADEN- BADEN TODAY


Monday October 21, 2013


Industry must refocus on its core risk transfer skills T


he reinsurance industry must rediscover its core skills of assessing, managing and


transferring risks, instead of being preoccupied with  That was one of the core messages delivered


by panellists speaking at the Guy Carpenter symposium held in Baden-Baden yesterday     risks and become more relevant to its clients’ and  “The total size of the insurance industry is


growing slower than global GDP and the gap between economic and insured catastrophic losses in many parts of the world is widening,” said        Carpenter’s EMEA operations, in his opening       so tight, that matters and should represent an 


What’s inside 3 TIME TO TALK STRATEGY


4 MAKING A DASH FOR RUN-OFF


The session, entitled ‘Transferring Risk: Is the


insurance and reinsurance industry adequately serving its clients?         Management Board of Munich Re; Paul Horgan, head of group reinsurance, Zurich Insurance         Leadenhall Capital Partners; and Tom Bolt,   Frankland went onto say that there are many new risks in the world that the industry is not adequately covering such as cyber risks, risks in science and       


but we have a better understanding of risk and better abilities to model and price it than         must avoid shying away from risk and instead (Continued top of page 2)


6 THE BEST REINSURERS IN EUROPE


8 THE BEST BROKERS IN EUROPE


9 STAYING CLOSE AND PERSONAL


10 THE BEST REINSURERS IN THE UK


12 THE BEST BROKERS IN THE UK


14 PRICING: A CONFERENCE TALKING POINT


15 PERILS: HELP WITH FLOOD RISK


16 GROWTH IN REINSURANCE FRONTING


17 CLIMATE CHANGE: HOT TOPIC AT CONFERENCE


19 THE OPPORTUNITIES IN ALTERNATIVE CAPACITY


20 EUROPEAN FLOODS: A REMINDER OF PERILS


21 R&Q COMPLETES MAJOR ACQUISITION


22 NECESSITY: THE MOTHER OF INVENTION


24 EUROPE DRIVEN BY ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS


25 CONTINUED GROWTH IN PRAGUE


The panelists at the Guy Carpenter Symposium


26 SOLVENCY II: MAJOR ROLE FOR REINSURANCE INDUSTRY


Lord Mayor Gerstner welcomes reinsurance industry T


he annual reinsurance conference in Baden-Baden remains very


important


to the town of Baden-Baden and is now           continuing success of such events and the income they bring to the local economy, the town can continue to invest in creating more  That is the view of Wolfgang Gerstner,


the Lord Mayor of Baden-Baden, speaking to Intelligent Insurer      observed the conference grow steadily in recent


        


“Due to its successful history in Baden- Baden, this meeting has become an integral          Baden-Baden’s inhabitants look forward to this event and to its participants, who have an 


Baden-Baden has long prided itself on


offering upmarket conferencing facilities and hotels suitable for corporate-orientated events and the sophisticated (Continued bottom of page 2)


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