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Redrawing the Lines

Contributor: Emmanuel Clarke, CEO PartnerRe Global
Date: 6/1/2013
We are all operating in an ever-more challenging economic and business environment that calls for increasingly efficient, innovative and flexible ways of managing risk and accessing capital. Alignment to clients and markets is essential. In April of this year, PartnerRe accordingly announced several large-scale organizational changes.
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The Reinsurance Imperative: Adaptation

Contributor: Tad Walker, CEO, North America, PartnerRe
Date: 12/13/2012
Reinsurers are facing a number of headwinds including the sluggish economy, low interest rates, and changes to the dynamics and shape of the reinsurance cycle. Tad Walker reflects on these challenges and outlines why there is a need for reinsurers to adapt in order to stay relevant.
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2012 and Beyond: A Changing Risk Landscape

Contributor: Costas Miranthis
Date: 4/9/2012
Costas Miranthis, reflects on what the 2011 events mean for the industry and for PartnerRe in 2012 and beyond.
Tags: Non-specific, CEO commentary

Genuine Solvency Support

Contributor: Emmanuel Clarke, CEO PartnerRe Global
Date: 11/1/2011
As the background pressures against which insurers write business increase, so does the call for stable, sustainable capital. Help is at hand. Emmanuel Clarke, CEO PartnerRe Global, talks about how PartnerRe is helping insurers develop optimal solvency solutions based on their individual requirements.
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Reinsurance Market Outlook: the Increasing Cost of Risk

Contributor: Costas Miranthis, President & CEO PartnerRe
Date: 7/12/2011
An unprecedented frequency of natural disasters, revised models and longer-term trends are reshaping the industry. In this changing environment, price structures that adequately reflect the true cost of risk are in the interest of cedants and reinsurers alike.
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Patrick Thiele Looks Back

Contributor: Patrick Thiele, CEO PartnerRe Ltd.
Date: 12/6/2010
Retiring CEO Patrick Thiele looks at how the reinsurance industry has come of age in the past decade
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The New Reality

Contributor: Patrick Thiele CEO, PartnerRe Ltd.
Date: 10/1/2010
CEO Patrick Thiele explains how the new economic reality that underpins our industry requires a shift in thinking away from cycle management to a longer term “reality” management and what re/insurers need to do to remain profitable in this low growth environment.
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One Year On

Contributor: Patrick Thiele
Date: 7/1/2010
Almost exactly a year after announcing its acquisition of PARIS RE, PartnerRe approaches the renewals season as a stronger, more secure reinsurance partner.
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Systemic Risk – What Risk?

Contributor: Patrick Thiele, President & CEO PartnerRe
Date: 4/8/2010
Why legislate for systemic risk in an industry that apparently has none? Patrick Thiele calls for intelligent regulation informed by the unique economics of the reinsurance industry.
Tags: Non-specific, Regulation, CEO commentary

New Year – New Market

Contributor: Patrick Thiele President & CEO
Date: 2/1/2010
In a market of “profitable stagnation”, CEO Patrick Thiele looks at what the challenges will be for insurance and reinsurance industries.
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Why an Acquisition Makes Sense

Contributor: Patrick Thiele, President & CEO
Date: 8/31/2009
Insurers and reinsurers today face a more uncertain environment than ever before. Just as volatile capital markets, deep recession and rising inflation are squeezing access to capital, changes in reinsurance buying behavior, lower risk-free rates in government securities, the uncertainty of loss trends and increased regulation, threaten to depress reinsurers’ growth and profitability.
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