Mr. Buffett's interest in reinsurers is longstanding. ❋ Hester Plumridge (2010)
Much of the insurers' losses from paying claims will be passed on to their own insurers, known as reinsurers, who in turn are likely to raise premiums when renewals come through Jan. 1.
In addition, do any of the carriers use "reinsurers" and if so that is their status and are they in fact solvent too. ❋ The Medical Quack (2010)
About 221 insurers and reinsurers in the 27 member countries of the European Union, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, participated in the test. ❋ Ulrike Dauer (2011)
Swiss Re has just 1% equity exposure, and upcoming regulations will make it more attractive for reinsurers to hold less risky, lower-yield assets. ❋ Hester Plumridge (2010)
But reinsurers are equipped to deal with natural disasters. ❋ Hester Plumridge (2010)
Events like Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 trigger huge losses, but remove capital from the market and drive prices reinsurers can charge up in the medium term. ❋ Hester Plumridge (2010)
FRANKFURT—Germany's Hannover Re AG, one of the world's five largest reinsurers, reported a 40% decline in third-quarter net profit, mainly due to a nonoperating gain in the year-ago period, and it said it was more confident now about reaching full-year targets. ❋ Ulrike Dauer (2011)
"The sector of more interest to most U.S.-based investors would be the reinsurers and their exposures to the unfolding disaster," Mr. Murphy said. ❋ Aparajita Saha-Bubna (2011)
Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings on Monday said losses from Japan's earthquake and tsunami will rank among the largest ever for insurers and reinsurers world-wide. ❋ Aparajita Saha-Bubna (2011)
Yet as long as uncertainty over capital requirements under upcoming Solvency II regulation remains, most reinsurers will maintain high capital buffers. ❋ Hester Plumridge (2010)
Michaela Koller, director general of the CEA, a European group representing insurers and reinsurers, said the test results show the sector's resilience "to withstand severe stress scenarios." ❋ Ulrike Dauer (2011)
True, reinsurers have greater control over pricing. ❋ Hester Plumridge (2010)
Moderate claims from natural disasters helped to cap the profit decline, matching with what other large reinsurers have said for the quarter. ❋ Ulrike Dauer (2011)
Equity analysts that track the industry said most catastrophe reinsurers will have a first-quarter loss and some are likely to lose money for the full year. ❋ Erik Holm (2011)
The ratings agency said the sectors and market participants that will be most affected are Japanese domestic insurers, Japan Earthquake Reinsurance Co. Ltd., international insurers, global reinsurers, retrocessionaires and catastrophe bonds. ❋ Art Patnaude (2011)
"This will certainly have a major effect on the reinsurers, especially when you add in some of these other disasters, and we're not even out of March yet," said Duncan Ellis , the U.S. Property Practice Leader for insurance broker Marsh Inc. ❋ Erik Holm (2011)
Like other reinsurers, Hannover Re cut its full-year profit guidance when it released first-quarter results, as the bill for major claims was substantially higher than expected. ❋ Ulrike Dauer (2011)
Munich Re AG and Swiss Reinsurance Co., the world's largest reinsurers by gross premium income, reiterated Sunday that it was too early to provide estimates of their potential losses, as did smaller reinsurer Hannover Re AG. ❋ Erik Holm (2011)
q: what did you [think] of todays [training] [session]?
a: aaaaah, reinsurance shmeinsurance! ❋ Matthew Lockwood (2006)
