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he reinsurance industry will have a growing role to play in helping companies


and insurers deal with the implications of Solvency II, believes Marc Beckers, head of Analytics for Europe the Middle East and    


seen that when people start focusing on the risk they also become more focused on the cost of   is becoming more important and we have a role to play in helping clients understand their risks and optimise the risk transfers that they have in  The industry’s ability to both understand and manage risk represents a big opportunity  of the day, it is all about analysing data and      “All the initiatives and tools the industry has developed can really help clients get a better    a transition that has been taking place for some     role of the broker has changed in recent years from being simply a dealmaker to providing a 


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Reinsurers have role to play in Solvency II T


the industry’s ability to analyse it has also really   


data has become very important and the role of the reinsurance broker is going to become      much new capital in the industry and so much innovation, the industry will need to think very hard about how it can help its clients achieve  In his role within the analytics department


Marc Beckers


“At the end of the day, it is all about analysing data and that’s very much what we do.”


  been a huge shift in the way reinsurance has been bought and the way in which reinsurance   the way the quality of data has improved and


DARAG closes two new run-off deals L


egacy insurer Deutsche Versicherungs- und Rueckversicherungs-AG (DARAG) has


completed two new deals—one in Switzerland    


of the shares in Veritas Rueckversicherungs     insurer acquires the entire inactive non-life business portfolio of the insurance company  Arndt Gossmann, CEO of DARAG, said the Swiss market represents a potentially big   


for run-off in Switzerland, the country is a core market for us as a run-off insurer,” Gossmann


      clients want to discus with him at the moment   the tools and services the department offers can  Through some of the bespoke reports the


        from different countries can give an indication of how a client’s core skills can be used in other 


“It can also help them identify opportunities to grow by


acquisition in


 different ways we can help them consider  that, once we understand the growth, as a reinsurance broker we’re going to try and see how we can also help them manage those 


                companies are pioneers in the active reduction           DARAG has also acquired the entire


portfolio of inactive non-life business of Belgian insurance company OHRA Belgium                 third-party liability, general liability and legal  to OHRA Belgium through the acquisition of   The parties have agreed not to disclose         


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Arndt Gossmann


transaction, all necessary regulatory approvals   OHRA Belgium still has to be approved by the 


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